Nigeria’s First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Arotile, Dies At 23

A photo combination of Flying Officers Kafayat Sanni and Tolulope Arotile taken on October 15, 2019. Photos: Channels TV/ Sodiq Adelakun.Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile is dead, 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 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.

“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.” In October 2019, Channels Television had reported how Arotile was commissioned along with 12 others, including Kafayat Sanni, the country’s first female fighter pilot.

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