It was gathered that they arrived in several hilux vans and motorcycles at about 6am shooting sporadically.
Gombe town, capital of Gombe state. It houses a Federal College of Education among other public institutions.
Witnesses said they insurgents entered the town with no resistance and were sharing pamphlets containing messages urging residents not to vote in the coming elections.
At about 12 noon, the insurgents were still in the town bugling shops and burning public institutions including the police station. Residents who fled to nearby bush said they were watching from the distance, smokes bellowing from some of the places they had set ablaze.
The soldiers at a checkpoint between the borders of Borno state and Gombe through which the insurgents came were said to have been evacuated since Thursday with no replacement.
This could not be independently verified at the time of filing this report.
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