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FIRST FEMALE AIR FORCE COMBAT HELICOPTER PILOT IN NIGERIA IS DEAD

Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria's first female Air Force combat helicopter pilot, has died at the age of 25.


This was announced in a statement by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, on Tuesday, July 14th, 2020, in Abuja.



According to the NAF, her death is as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base, Kaduna.


“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," NAF said in a statement.


Arotile was commissioned into the Nigerian Air Force in September 2017 AAA member of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 64.


She hails from Iffe, in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

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