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One year after, soul of Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, cries for justice –Sister The Punch
Published 17 July 2021
On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, a glowing comet fell untimely from the skies over Nigeria, throwing the nation into mourning. The death of the first female combat helicopter pilot in the about six-decade history of the Nigerian Air Force, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, didn’t come only as a shock to her parents, but to many Nigerians who took to social media to mourn the rising star and demand that justice be served on the matter.
However, a sister to the late officer, Damilola Adegboye-Arotile, told
“We are trying as a family to put a closure to the whole thing particularly with the case that is still in court. Up till now, it has not been easy. If the case has been concluded we will try and see if we can put a closure to that chapter and we will just mourn her till maybe when I and my wife will die.
“But the case is still on. I don’t even know when the next hearing will be. My wife is so disturbed because of that.
“It’s like you have an open wound that is not healing. If the case is concluded, our minds will be at rest,” he said at an event organised by the Kogi State Government and unveiling of a cinema movie project in Tolulope’s honour.