Damilola Adegboye, the immediate elder sister of Tolulope Arotile, the first female combat helicopter pilot who died recently has said that the family is not convinced Tolu died in a freak accident, as such, the cause of the accident must be fully investigated.
The Nigeria Air Force had earlier released a statement which said Tolulope, 25, died when she was hit by the reversing vehicle of a happy former Air Force Secondary School classmate that was trying to greet her. According to the Air Force, Tolulope sustained head injuries that led to her death.
While speaking to Punch, Damilola expressed shock at how a reversing vehicle could kill her sister in that manner.
She said: “We in the family are not convinced that Tolu can just die like that in a freak accident. I know that the military is well trained in the art of investigation, we want them to carry out a thorough investigation that can convince us beyond all doubts that the incident that led to her death was real.”
According to her, she and Tolulope were sleeping in a room before she received a call.
She said: “A call came into her phone which she picked but from the way they spoke, I knew the caller must be a senior officer calling her to come to Airforce base. She felt reluctant and I offered to drop her off.
“One hour later, I read online that something serious had happened to her. I couldn’t believe that somebody I just dropped off is dead.”
