The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has announced that the late first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, will be buried on July 23.
In a statement on Friday, NAF spokesman, Ibikunle Daramola, said the late officer will be buried in Abuja with full military honours.
He also said a government delegation will visit Arotile’s family a day to her burial.
“The remains of late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, NAF’s first combat helicopter pilot who died on July 14 will be laid to rest with full military honours at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on July 23,” the statement read.
“Meanwhile, a condolence visit to the Arotile family in Lokoja by a high-powered delegation, composed of the Chief of Air Staff,CAS, Honourable Minister of Women Affairs as well as the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Air Force, has been scheduled to hold on a date before the burial.”
Arotile reportedly died in a car accident which occurred at the NAF base in Kaduna on Tuesday.
