The family of the late first female combat pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has called on the military authorities to go beyond the immediate cause of death of their daughter and order a full-scale investigation into the matter.
Damilola Adegboye, the immediate elder sister to the deceased, told journalists on Thursday in Lokoja that the the family is not convinced by the supposed “freak” accident.
She said the calls from a supposed senior officer, which prompted their sister to leave home only to meet somebody was suspicious.
“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.
She said on the day of the incident, Tolu and herself were in the room where she was sleeping before the calls came.
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“A call came into her phone which she picked.
“But from the way they spoke, I knew that the caller must be a senior officer calling her to come to the Airforce base.
“She left reluctantly and I offered to drop her off,” she said.
She said, one hour later, “I saw online that something serious has happened to her.
“I couldn’t believe that somebody I just dropped off is dead.”
The Nigerian Air Force said Tolulope died in a road accident at the Nigerian Airforce base in Kaduna on Tuesday.
Also speaking, the mother of Tolulope went down memory lane about how she gave birth to her, describing her daughter as a special child who engaged in fasting and prayer as a hobby. (Daily Trust)
