BREAKING: Scores feared killed as 300 gunmen reportedly attack Benue community
February 23, 2016
At least 300 armed men have invaded Agatu community in Benue state killing scores and burning houses, unconfirmed reports say.
The information is coming, or so it seems, from former Senate President, David Mark, who said he got the report from somewhere else.
He said the militants are reportedly being backed by fighter helicopters.
He’s tweeting from an unverified Twitter account.
Is he the one tweeting from that account? We’ll get to the bottom of that and get back to you.
Here are the tweets from the account.
The reported attack comes days after David Mark won the Benue South election rerun..