Tolulope Arotile

Tolulope Arotile
Tolulope Arotile
	Tolulope Arotile
Birth name	Tolulope Oluwatoyin Sarah Arotile
Born	13 December 1995; Kaduna State, Nigeria
Died	14 July 2020 (aged 24); Nigerian Airforce Base, Kaduna State
Allegiance	Nigeria
Service/branch	Nigerian Air Force
Years of service	2012–2020
Rank	Flying Officer
Alma mater	Nigerian Defence Academy
Buried	Military Cemetery, Airport Road, Abuja, Nigeria

Flying Officer Tolulope Oluwatoyin Sarah Arotile (13 December 1995 – 14 July 2020) was the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force.^[1]

She contributed significantly to combat operations against insecurity in the northern states of Nigeria. Arotile died from a head injury sustained in an accident at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna state on 14 July 2020.^[2]

^ Bukola Adebayo. "Nigeria's first female combat helicopter pilot killed in a freak car accident". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-17.; Olaleye, Aluko. "NAF wings first female fighter pilots". The Punch. Retrieved 16 July 2020.; Abdur Rahman, Alfa Shaban. "Nigeria mourns first ever female helicopter combat pilot: Tolulope Arotile". Africa News. Retrieved 16 July 2020.; Annette, Arotiba. "Tolulope Arotile biography and di rise of Nigerian Airforce first female combat helicopter pilot". BBC Pidgin. Retrieved 16 July 2020.; Sodiq, Oyeleke. "Nigeria's first female combat helicopter pilot dies". The Punch. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "Air force's first female combatant helicopter pilot dies in freak accident". TheCable. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-16.; "Flying Officer Arotile: Escaped Bullets from Bandits, Died in Freak Road Accident". THISDAYLIVE. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-07-17.

[1] Bukola Adebayo. "Nigeria's first female combat helicopter pilot killed in a freak car accident". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-17.; Olaleye, Aluko. "NAF wings first female fighter pilots". The Punch. Retrieved 16 July 2020.; Abdur Rahman, Alfa Shaban. "Nigeria mourns first ever female helicopter combat pilot: Tolulope Arotile". Africa News. Retrieved 16 July 2020.; Annette, Arotiba. "Tolulope Arotile biography and di rise of Nigerian Airforce first female combat helicopter pilot". BBC Pidgin. Retrieved 16 July 2020.; Sodiq, Oyeleke. "Nigeria's first female combat helicopter pilot dies". The Punch. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[2] "Air force's first female combatant helicopter pilot dies in freak accident". TheCable. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-16.; "Flying Officer Arotile: Escaped Bullets from Bandits, Died in Freak Road Accident". THISDAYLIVE. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-07-17.

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