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Late female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile
By CHARLES IWUOHA
The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), a pan-African student movement, has mourned the painful death of Nigeria’s first and only female combat helicopter pilot, Miss Titilope Arotile.
Arotile died of a car accident that took place at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base, Kaduna on July 14.
The President of PSM, Mr Bestman Okereafor, gave the condolence message in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu on Sunday.
Okereafor said her death was pathetic, unfortunate and “a major setback for the country’s aerial military power development”.
“The attention of the leadership of PSM has been drawn to the sudden demise of a promising and second to none first Nigerian female combat helicopter pilot, Miss Tolulope Arotile, 23.
“PSM condoles with the family and loved ones of the deceased.
“Even as we are equally calling on the leadership of NAF to critically look into circumstances surrounding the death of Arotile.
“No doubt, Arotile death is pathetic, unfortunate and a major setback for the country at a point when the government is battling insurgents and criminal elements in the country.
“We are therefore demanding the renaming of the NAF Base Kaduna in honor of Tolulope Arotile,” he said.
In another development, PSM attention has been drawn to the crisis rocking the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) which borders on corruption allegations and counter allegations.
Okereafor said that the group was carefully studying the recent development in the commission especially as it affects the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs headed by Sen. Godswill Akpabio.
“As progressives and strong supporters of the anti-corruption campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari; we are calling on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to honorably resign until investigations and audits of NDDC are concluded,” he said.
