REMAINS of deceased first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, have been buried at the Military Cemetery along Airport Road, Umaru Yar’Adua Expressway, Abuja for interment.
The atmosphere at the cemetery was depressed with Military Personnel wearing long faces while civilians shedding uncontrollable tears as the ambulance conveying the body arrived the Cemetery at exactly 8.38 am.
There was tight security along the stretch of Airport road where the Cemetery is located with heavy deployment of armed Military men, including the Guards Brigade.
However, the burial was in strict compliance with Covid-19 guidelines which mdemands social distancing and reduced number of persons at social gatherings including burials.
Arotile was killed by a reversing vehicle driven by her old schoolmate, Nehemiah Adejoh at the NAF Base Kaduna following severe injuries she sustained in the accident.
She was commissioned as Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot eight months before her unfortunate death.