Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Gunmen had, on Saturday, attacked Ortom while returning from his farm in Tyomu community along Makurdi-Gboko highway.
Some prominent Nigerians, including state governors and various groups across the country have condemned the attack on Ortom.
President Buhari had on Sunday ordered security agencies to carry out “open and transparent” investigation into the attack.
President Buhari is of the ruling All Progressives Congress while Ortom is Benue governor on the platform of the opposition People’s Democratic Party