Akintude Arotile, the father of first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force Tolulope Arotile has reacted to the untimely death of his daughter.
The bereaved father in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, recounted how he spoke to her daughter few hours before she died.
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Arotile remembered how he had told his daughter to “return home on time” when they spoke hours before her demise.
“Just yesterday, at about 1 pm, I called her because she just came back from an operation against the bandits in Katsina (and) they gave them one week to rest.
“So, she was sleeping and told me she was in bed resting. She said she will later go out to make some photocopies and I told her not to be long and to return home on time because she was staying with my first daughter in Kaduna.
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“Around 5:30 pm, somebody called me and asked if I had called her today and I said yes. Then the person told me to call her which I did, but no response, so I called her colleagues, and they were all crying on the phone,” he said
However, Arotile said he later found out from one of her bosses that his daughter was dead.
He also recalled how his late daughter dreamt about flying an aircraft, saying “she had not just been brilliant, but wonderful.”
The bereaved father thanked God that his daughter was able to achieve her childhood aspiration of becoming a pilot.
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