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Flying Officer, Tolulope
Arotile has died at the age of 23, eight months after she was commissioned as
Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot.
This was contained in a statement signed
by Air Force spokesman, Ibikunle Daramola, and obtained by Channels Television
on Wednesday.
“It is with great sorrow that the
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) regretfully announces the unfortunate demise of Flying
Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died today, 14 July 2020, as a result of head
injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna,” the
statement read.
“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 hailed from Iffe in Ijumu Local Government Area of
Kogi State, contributed significantly to the efforts to rid the North Central
States of armed 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 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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