Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria, is dead. She was barely 23 years of age.


Arotile died as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base Kaduna.

Her death came barely a year after she was winged as a combat helicopter pilot in the Air Force following the completion of her course in South Africa.

Confirming the accident, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said 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.‬


He said: “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 armed bandits and other criminal elements by flying several combat missions under Operation GAMA AIKI in Minna, Niger State.

“The Chief of 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 grant her soul eternal rest.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/07/15/breaking-arotile-nigerias-first-female-combat-helicopter-pilot-dies-at-23/amp/

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In a sane country, they will fully investigate the incident. They will not just accept it like that. Something fishy smells

A girl with a promising future just got cut in her prime like that.This life aint fair at all.May her gentle soul rest in peace.

Say whaaat?

Just imagine a life.

Such a young lady with so much life ahead of her plus a promising career.

Her death should be treated as criminal and investigated.

If indeed she died in a car mishap, it is really ironic that an airwoman would have survived a couple of on the air meandering only for her beautiful life to be cut short in a car accident.

Rest on sister, you've etched on your name on the country's history book.

It isn't really how long, but how well, and you nailed it In this regard.

Sleep well.

Kai! This is painful, may a soul RIP

God rest her! Nigeria failed her...

Chaiii.....Person wey dey fly Copter for Air no crash for air, she nor get accident for air o.......Na when she wan drive for naija road she con get accident take die.....

Now, I nor know whether make i blame her Ijumu village people or make i blame NAF people or make I blame Buratai and buhari sef....

Rip young woman..

Very beautiful and hard working lady.... may her soul Rest In Peace

Imagine, road accident inside air Force Base kwa
Who the hell was driving that fast inside a military base to warrant a fatal accident
The animals that caused the accident must have been on their way to hit the highways and torment innocent road users as usual, now they've killed this pretty lady.
Nigeria will kill you anywhere and anyhow