[Breaking] Gombe under Boko Haram attack!

Inspite of the love in the air, Boko Haram has decided to put Gombe, the capital of Gombe state, under siege.

The insurgents, according to witnesses from Gombe, are currently being repelled by soldiers some three kilometres away from the town.

Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES on phone, a source from Gombe, Mallam Hassan said that “we’ve all rushed back to our homes now. our town is under attack; we heard that Boko Haram terrorists, in their hundreds, are trying to invade the town”.

“Everywhere is quiet now, but the sounds of shooting and explosion is deafening. We hear the soldiers are battling to stop them”.

Another resident, Ahmed Hamza, told PREMIUM TIMES that some young men from Dadin Kowa town earlier informed him that the sect members are attacking their town.

“We can hear sounds of gunshots from a distance and everybody has gone indoors now,” he said.

Today's attack is coming less than two weeks after a suicide bomber

struck in the city shortly after President Goodluck's campaign programme in the state. Jonathan campaigned.