Family of the late first female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian AirForce, Tolulope Arotile, has demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the sudden and tragic death of the 24-year-old officer.
Arotile’s elder sister, Damilola Adegboye, said that the Flying Officer’s death had devastated the family, wondering how the reverse of a vehicle could kill a person in such manner.
The young AirForce officer died as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident inside NAF Base in Kaduna State.
According to Adegboye, “We in the family are not convinced that Tolu can just die like that in a freak accident. I know that the military is well trained in the art of investigation, we want them to carry out a thorough investigation that can convince us beyond all doubts that the incident that led to her death was real.”
Damilola stated that before the tragic incident on Tuesday, the young AirForce officer and herself were together in the room where she was sleeping, when she got a call summoning her to the NAF Base, where she met her untimely death a few hours after.
She alleged, “A call came into her phone which she picked but from the way they spoke, I knew the caller must be a senior officer calling her to come to Airforce base. She felt reluctant and I offered to drop her off.
“One hour later, I read online that something serious had happened to her. I couldn’t believe that somebody I just dropped off is dead.”