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☰ Father of late pilot: What my daughter told me hours before she died July 16 00:162020 by Chinedu Asadu 0 Comments Advertisement Akintunde Arotile, father of Tolulope, the late first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force, has narrated how he spoke to her a few hours before she died. Speaking with NAN on Wednesday, Arotile said being devastated “is an understatement,” recalling how the late Tolulope aspired to have an air service career as a child. The late NAF officer died in a freak accident at the Kaduna air force base on Tuesday. A former classmate of hers was said to have unknowingly knocked her down during which she sustained head injuries. Arotile recalled how he had told his daughter to “return home on time” when they spoke hours to her demise, not knowing she was never going to be home again. Sympathisers around the parents of the deceased pilot “Just yesterday, at about 1 pm, I called her because she just came back from an operation agai...