The remains of the first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Tolulope Arotile, were interred on Thursday at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
Her interment which held at about 11 a.m. was with full military honours.
Present at the occasion were the governor of Kogi State, Yayaha Bello who was accompanied by his wife, Rasheedat.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq; chairmen of Senate and House Committees on Air Force, Senator Bala Ibn Na’lla and Hon Shehu Koku were also present.
Also at the occasion were the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar,
Arotile died on July 14 following the injuries she sustained when she was hit by a car at the NAF base in Kaduna.
