Killer driver of Alotile, the late fighter pilot had no valid licence – Military sources

The driver who knocked down Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, is a civilian who had no valid driving credentials, military sources have confirmed.

According to Channel Television report, the driver was also Arotile’s secondary school classmate.

The Nigerian Air Force announced the demise of Arotile, who was Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, on Wednesday, following head injuries she sustained from a road traffic accident at the NAF Base Kaduna.

According to the report, the civilian driver, accompanied by his friends, visited his relations at the Airforce base located in Mando area of Kaduna metropolis on that fateful day and decided to drop off the late Airforce Pilot whom he spotted on the road inside the base.

However, in the process of reversing the car, he knocked down the deceased, who died after sustaining head injuries, the sources told the station.

Both the driver and the other occupants of the car were said to have been taken into the custody of the Air police for questioning, where it was discovered that the driver of the car has no valid driver’s license.

The NAF has said the late combat helicopter fighter pilot will be buried in full military honours on July 23.