Tag: Tolulope Arotile

Arotile’s Suspected Killers Plead not Guilty, Get N1m Bail

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nehemiah Adejo and David Adejo, driver and owner of the vehicle, which killed Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, have been arraigned in Kaduna. They got N1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the four-count charges against them. Tolulope died in an auto crash at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base, Kaduna, in July. The accused were arraigned before a Kaduna State Magistrates’ Court on a four-count charge bordering on causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and attention, driving without driver’s…

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Tears, Tributes as Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, buried + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Amidst tears and tributes, the coprse of Tolulope Arotile, first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history, has been buried.   Tolulope, a graduate of Mathematics, became the first female to pilot a combat helicopter in Africa’s most populous country just at the age of 23 year-old. Her remains, Platforms Africa reports, were committed to mother earth at the Military Cemetery in Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria, with full Military honours. The remains were lowered into the grave at exactly 11.05 am. The Nigerian Military led by the…

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Classmate Who ‘Killed’ Tolulope Arotile not authorised to drive – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Suspected killer who knocked down first ever combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history ‘Has No Driver’s Licence’ A former classmate who allegedly “knocked down and killed” Tolulope Arotile, first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) “has no driver’s licence,” a sign of authority by the Country’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Arotile, according to NAF, died from head injuries last Tuesday when she was knocked down by a car driven by her old classmate at the Artforce base, Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. Quoting Military sources, Lagos-Nigeria…

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How I broke Tolulope’s death news to her mother – Arotile’s father

ADEOLA YUSUF

I spoke with my daughter at 1pm, four hours later she was in mortuary one week after operation against Kastina bandits,” retiree Elder Arotile cries out bitterly  24-year – old late pilot may be buried at the National Cemetery, Abuja Akintunde Arotile, father of Tolulope Arotile, who at 23 year-old became the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history, has narrated how he broke he sad news of his daughter’s death to her mother. Elder Arotile, a retired staff of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said in…

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How Tolulope Arotile, Nigerian First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot died + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigerians have taken to the social media to express deep sadness over the death of Tolulope Arotile, who at just 23 year-old became the First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot in the history of Nigerian Air Force. Arotile has succeeded many turbulence in the air as a combat pilot, she died in a fatal auto crash inside the airforce base in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. She was said to have been ran over by a yet to be named colleague inside the airforce base. This narrative is yet to be confirmed…

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