THE remains of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, were interred on Thursday at the Military Cemetery in Abuja, amidst tributes and tears.
She was accorded full military honours as the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, led other military brass and dignitaries in paying tributes and laying wreaths.
Before the burial, there was a hymnal rendition by a choir, while the NAF Director of Chaplaincy , Group Capt. Dogo Gani, delivered a sermon taken from Isaiah, 57:1-3.The Chief of Air Staff and the chief mourner, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said the Nigerian Air Force was still in shock over Arotile’s death, noting that her passage had cut short the service’s expectations.
“As a combat helicopter pilot for several years, I can tell you that this young and confident combat helicopter pilot in the history of the Nigerian Air Force braved so many odds to get to where she was before her demise.” Adegboye said, “Because of their trust and investment, Tolulope showed exemplary skills too difficult to emulate. As a child, Tolulope had always dreamt of flying a plane.
This was sequel to a point of order raised on the floor of the Senate about her demise by the representative of the Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Smart Adeyemi. Adeyemi had urged the Senate to note with grief, the death of Arotile, who died on Tuesday, 14th July, 2020 in a freak accident at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna, at the age of 24;
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