Civil servant Musa Ibrahim told Associated Press that the gunmen struck before dawn as residents of Buni Gari village were gathering for the first prayer of the day.
The village is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Yobe State capital of Damaturu in an area that has been attacked numerous times.
Mosques have been major targets of the insurgents who threaten Muslim clerics who preach against their extremist doctrine.
The insurgents also routinely attack churches and schools, killing Christians and students and setting buildings and other property ablaze.
More than 1,200 civilians have been killed this year amid more frequent and deadlier attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist network.
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