SHOCKING AS IT WAS A FREAK CAR ACCIDENT VIA A FRIEND THAT KILLED YOUNG FLYING OFFICER TOLULOPE AROTILE!

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has finally provided more details about what led to the death of their late record breaking 24-year-old Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile.

Tolulope Arotile, who became Nigeria’s first ever female combat helicopter pilot in 2019, was knocked down by a car driven by her former classmate, said NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola.

The Air Force had earlier announced that Arotile, an indigene of Kogi State, had died from head injuries she sustained from a road traffic accident at the NAF Base in Kaduna State. Which led to a lot of questions coming from every and everyone asking how an accident could have occured at the base when it's not like an expressway where people just speed like their lives depends on it.

Many Nigerians were unsatisfied with the very brief explanation that the NAF had offered and they particularly demanded for an investigation into what could have been the remote cause of the so called accident that could have led to the most unfortunate death of the young lady.

Apparently in response to the overwhelming enquiries Air Commodore Daramola said, “Flying Officer Arotile died on July 14, 2020 (yesterday) at the age of 24, when she was inadvertently hit by the reversing vehicle of an excited former Air Force Secondary School classmate while trying to greet her.

Fg Offr T Arotile ( NAF/4512F) died today 14 Jul, 2020  at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna when a student pilot who saw her coming from Mammy market reversed his car to meet her but instead hit her down. He hit her head on a hard object and sustained head injury and bled excessively to death instantly. She is the first female helicopter pilot .

“Before her untimely death, Flying Officer Arotile made significant and outstanding contributions to the war against terrorism, armed banditry and other forms of criminality in the country, flying several combat missions.”

Earlier, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique, described Arotile as one of NAF’s “shining young stars” who was winged in October 2019.

Sadique described the deceased as, “a very intelligent, disciplined, confident & courageous young officer who added value wherever she served. As a squadron pilot in Operation GAMA AIKI in Minna, Niger State, she flew her quota of anti-banditry combat missions to ensure a safer, more secured Nigeria.

“I recall meeting her at the Minna Airport, while on operational visit, after one of such missions & seeing her eagerness to contribute towards the restoration of lasting peace to the affected areas. Her death is a huge loss to @NigAirForce family & indeed the entire Nation