{"id":27738,"date":"2020-07-23T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=27738"},"modified":"2020-07-23T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:07:48","slug":"tolulope-arotile-nigerias-first-female-fighter-pilot-buried-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tolulope-arotile-nigerias-first-female-fighter-pilot-buried-in-abuja","title":{"rendered":"Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria\u2019s first female fighter pilot buried in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s flying officer, Tolulope Arotile, has been laid to rest.<\/p>\n<p>Arotile who was Nigerian Air Force fighter pilot was buried at the military cemetery in Abuja, amid tears.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old flying officer was recently hit by a car driven by an ex-classmate in Kaduna and she died after sustaining head injury.<\/p>\n<p>Present during the burial was the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique; Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and his wife; the House Committee Chairman on Air Force, Bala Ib\u2019n Nalla and the family members of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Until her death, Arotile was the first female combat helicopter pilot of NAF.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27739\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/CD0631F8-3088-4AE2-BA48-434495A72C0D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/CD0631F8-3088-4AE2-BA48-434495A72C0D.jpg 550w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/CD0631F8-3088-4AE2-BA48-434495A72C0D-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NAF investigation\u00a0had revealed that the deceased ex-classmate, Nehemiah Adejoh had no valid driver\u2019s licence when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2\" data-layout=\"list\">\n<div class=\"jp-related-posts-i2__row\" data-post-count=\"3\"><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Nigeria\u2019s flying officer, Tolulope Arotile, has been laid to rest. Arotile who was Nigerian Air Force fighter pilot was buried at the military cemetery in Abuja, amid tears. The 24-year-old flying officer was recently hit by a car driven by an ex-classmate in Kaduna and she died after sustaining head injury. 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