An Army officer was at the weekend allegedly shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Mokola in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The incident took place on Friday between 7 p.m. and

8 p.m. when the officer was entering Litmauk

Barracks in the ancient city.

The army officer was among participants in the

just-concluded army promotion examinations from

lieutenant to captain, investigations have shown.

The robbers, who were coming from an operation,

apparently thought the officer would be an obstruction

in their escape bid and, on sighting him, opened fire.

Confirming the incident on Sunday, the Army Public

Relations Officer, 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col.

Andrew Idachaba, said the Army had reported the

matter to the appropriate authorities.

But Idachaba neither gave the name of the officer nor

the hospital where the corpse was kept.

Last Wednesday (March 3), suspected assassins

killed the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party

(PDP) in Atiba Local Government Area, Alhaji Azeez

Adegbile, at his home in Oyo town.