There Will Be No Elections In 2023 If Insecurity Persists – Ortom

• The governor’s motorcade was attacked by suspected criminal herdsmen on Saturday along Tyo Mu on Makurdi Road
• He escaped by the whiskers

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has warned that there will be no 2023 elections if the country’s insecurity challenges continue unabated.

Ortom stated this on Tuesday when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, to discuss issues of insecurity in the country.

He thanked the President for condemning the attack on his farm but warned “that there will be no 2023 elections in Nigeria if insecurity persists”.

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Briefing journalists after meeting with the President, Governor Ortom disclosed that the nation is sitting on a keg of gun powder without meaningful progress being made on the issue of security.

Speaking on the protection of the constitution, Ortom appealed for the provisions of the constitution to be protected to enable equity, fairness, and justice in the country.

He criticized the issue of impunity in the country which he said has been allowed to fester, thereby urging the Federal Government to immediately prosecute anyone found culpable of breaching the law.

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