Nigeria’s First Female Combat Pilot To Be Buried This Month

The remains of flying officer, Tolulope Arotile, who died from injuries sustained in a road accident, will be laid to rest on the 23rd of July at the military cemetery in Abuja.

The Nigerian Air Force said she will be accorded full military compliments.

In the meantime, the Arotiles continue to mourn the death of their daughter who was better known as ‘bandit slayer’ among her colleagues in the Nigerian Air Force..

Many who are yet to come to terms with Miss Tolulope’s death gathered at her father’s residence in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, but the family pleaded to be left alone to mourn their loss.

Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, in September 2017 made history when she became Nigeria’s first ever female combat helicopter pilot. The Air Force announced her death on Tuesday.