Terror group, Boko Haram launched a terror campaign on Gombe early Saturday morning, residents say.
However, reports in from the city minutes ago, indicates that “the Nigerian military has launched airstrikes on suburbs of Gombe town as soldiers and police battled Boko Haram insurgents who attacked the town early” in the day, Premium Times claim.
The terrorists had attacked Lubo and Dadinkowa villages, some 32km from Gombe town, before heading for capital city.
“We can hear sounds of gunshots from a distance and everybody has gone indoors now,” a resident ,Ahmed Hamza, said.
Another resident, Mallam Hassan, said, “Everywhere is quiet now, but the sounds of shooting and explosion is deafening. We hear the soldiers are battling to stop them.”
Other source say the terrorists atteaked Army Barracks along Dadin Kowa road where the Nigerian Army troop engaged them while a detachment of mobile police officers provided back up.