The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams has called on Federal Government to investigate the death of the first Nigerian female combat Helicopter Pilot, Tolulope Arotile who died on 14th July, 2020
Aare Adams made the call in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi saying the death of the young pilot was suspicious and a great loss to the Yoruba race.
While appealing to International Communities to investigate the cause of her death said “Nigeria has lost one of its best brains in the military in such a suspicious circumstances. The late Tolulope Arotile’s short span in life was remarkable with a track record of being the first female combat helicopter pilot. The best we can do as a Nation is to get to the root of the circumstances culminating in her death”
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“As far as I am concerned, reports of her death still remained suspicious to me because her death has raised many questions”
“How would such a promising, young lady be killed by a reversing car within the premises of the barrack? Who drove the car? What was his or her name? Where was the suspected killer at the moment? We will like to know, and that is why I am charging the International Community to investigate and look into the circumstances surrounding her death”
He added that the sudden death of the promising lady will remain a shock and pain in the heart of many of the Yoruba people.
“I take an exception to believe the story surrounding her gruesome murder. Her achievements speak volumes and many in the system may see her rising profile as a threat to the establishment, mostly with her passion towards ending the threats of the dreaded Boko Haram and bandits terrorising the North west and the rest of the Country.”
“I feel the pain of a father whose daughter’s shining light went dim unexpectedly. The sadness of losing a promising lady like Tolulope was eternal to her family, because of her talents and dedication to duty, so it should not go the usual way, where our best brain died without any investigation being carried out”
“I have traveled across the world, and I see many Nigerians doing wonderfully well in their respective disciplines, but they always feel reluctant to come back home because of the way we treat our best brains, I think this is too bad for the development of our Nation. More so, I share in the dried of the family as I pray to Almighty God to give the family the fortitude to bear the loss”.
Modupe Arotolu
