Nigerian Army has killed several Boko Haram insurgents and recovered weapons in an encounter that ensued at Zari village in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno.

Deputy Director, Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyeama Nwachukwu, said the insurgents were repelled by the troops of 2 Division Task Force Battalion deployed in the area.

Nwachukwu said the insurgents were on rampage, looting the community and extorting money from the people but met with a fierce resistance by the Land troops of Operation Lafiya Dole who were closely supported from the air by troops of the Air Task Force.

He said during the fire fight, overwhelming volume of fire was unleashed on the insurgents from both the air and ground troops, neutralising several of them and their weapons.

Nwachukwu said the village and the surrounding communities had been stabilised and normalcy restored, saying the land troops had been reinforced to conduct more robust fighting patrol in the general area.

He urged the people of Guzamala and Mobar communities and indeed the entire good people of Borno to remain calm, resilient and supportive of Operation Lafiya Dole troops as they relentlessly fight terrorism and insurgency in the North-East.