Sad Day As Nigeria's First-Ever Female Combatant Helicopter Pilot Dies In Fatal Car Accident (Photo)

Posted by Thandiubani on Wed 15th Jul, 2020 - tori.ng

Nigeria has been thrown into a state of mourning following the sad death of first female combat helicopter pilot.


Tolulope Arotile died in a fatal car crash
 
Nigeria's first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile has died in a fatal accident, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced.
 
She died on July 14, as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna.‬
 
Late Arotile was the first female combat helicopter pilot in the NAF.
 
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
 
“It is with great sorrow that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) regretfully announces the unfortunate demise of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died on July 14, as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna.‬
 
“Until her death, ‪Flying Officer Arotile, who was commissioned into the NAF in September 2017 as a member of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 64, was the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Service.‬

“During her short but impactful stay in the Service, late Arotile, who hails from Iffe in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, contributed significantly to the efforts to rid the North Central States of bandits and other criminal elements by flying several combat missions under Operation GAMA AIKI in Minna, Niger State.

”The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on behalf of officers, airmen, airwomen and civilian staff of the NAF, commiserates with the family of late ‪Flying Officer Arotile‬ over this irreparable loss.

”We pray that the Almighty God grants her soul eternal rest,”
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