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Arotile, Nigeria’s First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Dies At 23 by omokudu(m): 5:59am On Jul 15, 2020
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.”

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Re: Arotile, Nigeria’s First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Dies At 23 by GOFRONT(m): 6:11am On Jul 15, 2020
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Re: Arotile, Nigeria’s First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Dies At 23 by popsy2(m): 6:25am On Jul 15, 2020
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Re: Arotile, Nigeria’s First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Dies At 23 by ValCon888: 6:54am On Jul 15, 2020
A bright star whose light ended so soon.
May her soul rest in peace.
Re: Arotile, Nigeria’s First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Dies At 23 by Mynd44: 7:15am On Jul 15, 2020

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