It is with great sorrow that the Yoruba Indigenes’ Foundation regretfully announce the unfortunate demise of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died yesterday, 14 July 2020, as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna.
Until her death, F.O. Arotile was commissioned into the NAF in September 2017 as a member of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 64, and was the First Ever Female Combat Helicopter Pilot in the Service.
During her short but impactful life in the Service, late Arotile, who hails from Iffe in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, 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 President, on behalf of the executives and members of Yoruba Indigenes’ Foundation commiserates with the NAF family, and the immediate family of late Flying Officer Arotile over this irreparable loss.
We pray that the Almighty God grants her soul eternal rest.
Signed:
Dr. Aderibole Olumide Philip
CEO, Yoruba Indigenes’ Foundation
