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Nigeria�s first female combat helicopter pilot, Arotile, to be buried July 23

Ishaku Yohanna

The remains of Nigeria�s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died on July 14, will be laid to rest on July 23 at the military cemetery in Abuja. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the late Arotile would be buried with full military honours. Meanwhile, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has received some members of the Federal Executive Council as well as members of…

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Northern govs mourn first female helicopter pilot, Arotile

Ishaku Yohanna
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State.

The Northern Governors Forum says it is shocked by the sudden and tragic death of Nigeria�s first female combat helicopter pilot Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, who was killed in a car accident in Kaduna. Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Macham Makut described the late Tolulope as a promising officer, who had demonstrated high sense of loyalty, patriotism and diligence in her service to Nigeria particularly in maintaining peace and security. Lalong said the…

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