The burial of Nigeria’s first female helicopter combat pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has commenced at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. Arotile, who died on July 14 in Kaduna, is being buried in strict compliance with COVID-19 guidelines, Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said.
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Late Tolulope Arotile kinsmen implore the god of iron (Ogun) to avenge her death (Video)
In response to the shocking death of one of Nigeria’s most promising young person, Tolulope Arotile who most recently died from a car accident in the Air force base in Kaduna under very suspicious circumstances. Tolulope made history in October 2019, when she was winged as Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian […]
NAF reveals the identity of Arotile’s Killer
The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday revealed the identity of the killer of the late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Ibikunle Daramola, made this known at a just ended briefing in Abuja. Daramola gave the name of Arotile’s ex-classmate who drove the vehicle that hit Nigeria’s first female combat […]
Flying officer, Tolulope Arotile, to be buried on Thursday July 23
The remains of late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF’s) first female combat helicopter pilot, who died on 14 July 2020, will be laid to rest with full military honours at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on Thursday, July 23. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Director of […]
“What she told me on phone 4 hours before her death ” – Father of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, speaks on their last moments
Father of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Mr. Akintunde Arotile, Tolulope, who died on Tuesday, July 14, has recounted the last conversation he had with her. Tolulope, died as a result of head injuries she sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna. Speaking in an interview with Sahara Reporters, a devastated […]
Her mother went to prayer mountain not knowing Tolulope was in the mortuary – Father says
Nigerians continue to mourn the demise of Nigeria’s first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force, Tolulope Arotile. On the completion of her course at the Starlite International Training Academy, South Africa, Tolulope made broke record on the 15th of October, 2019 when she was commissioned as the first combat helicopter pilot in […]
Instead of being with her husband, she’s flying helicopter – Man mocks late female pilot on Twitter
The first female combat pilot of the Nigerian Air Force, Tolulope Arotile, died on Tuesday evening after suffering several injuries from an accident that occurred at the military base in Kaduna State. The young lady was courageous and brave, she was instrumental in the fight against Insurgency and banditry in the North Central region of […]
Arotile, Nigeria’s first female Combat Helicopter pilot, dies at 23
According to the latest reports, Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile has died eight months after she was commissioned as Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot. This was made public in a statement signed by Air Force spokesman, Ibikunle Daramola. The report revealed she was just 23. “It is with great sorrow that the Nigerian Air Force […]