Nigeria’s First Female Fighter Pilot, Tolulope Arotile Dies in Auto Accident

Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot is dead.  

She succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic crash Tuesday in Kaduna. 

During her short but impactful stay in the Service, late Arotile, contributed significantly to the efforts to rid the North Central States of armed bandits and other criminal elements by flying several combat missions under Operation GAMA AIKI in Minna, Niger State, the Nigerian Air Force said.

We pray that the Almighty God grants her soul eternal rest.