Ahead of the 2023 general election, Benue State Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, yesterday said if the Almighty God, Governor Samuel Ortom and people of the state stop him from contesting the forthcoming governorship election, he would have no option than to go back to his engineering profession. The deputy governor was among seven other contenders jostling to succeed Governor Samuel Ortom from the Benue South senatorial district, otherwise known as Zone C. Abounu stated this while speaking with journalists in his office at the Government House, Makurdi. He enumerated three major factors that would determine whether he would run for that election or not. The deputy governor said: “There are three factors that will determine whether I run or not. One, if it is okay by God and He says run, I will run.