Boko Haram militants have attacked the town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state late on Thursday Reuters reports. The attack started around 9 p.m. (2000 GMT), the sources said and it how the fighting ended was yet unclear according to military sources.
There was however no information on any casualties
A Reuters correspondent claimed to have seen a detachment of troops with armoured personnel carriers and a fighter jet heading towards Buni Yadi on Friday morning.
"Those boys (Boko Haram) came to Buni Yadi yesterday and attacked our people. They came in about nine Hilux (pick-up trucks) and opened fire... Our people have mobilised for reinforcement," one the sources said.
Buni Yadi was one of the towns that was captured by the insurgent group in 2014 and then reclaimed in March this year by Nigeria's army.
President Muhammadu Buhari has made quashing the insurgency a priority and is building up a base in Chad's capital N'Djamena out of which regional forces known as the Multinational Joint task force (MJTF) can deploy and attack the insurgents.
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