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The Nigeria Air Force has said there was no foul play in the death of premier female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile who died from head injuries sustained in a road accident at NAF Base, Kaduna.
Recall the NAF in a statement said the late pilot was hit by a reversing car driven by one of her secondary school classmates who wanted to greet her.
MERIDIAN SPY however reported earlier a military source revealed to Channels TV the classmate is a civilian who has no valid driving credentials.
The source reportedly said the driver, accompanied by his friends, visited his relatives at the NAF base and decided to drop off the late pilot whom he spotted on the road inside the base.
It was in the process of reversing the car that the said civilian driver knocked down the deceased pilot.
According to The Cable, Damilola Adegboye, Arotile’s immediate elder sister, had demanded a probe on her death.
But the NAF released the findings of the preliminary report of the investigation into the demise of the flying officer, with the conclusion that there was no truth on allegations of foul play regarding her death.
Addressing newsmen on Sunday on the preliminary findings, Director of NAF Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said Arotile died of blood forced trauma to the head and significant bleeding because she hit her head on the pavement of the road and the car also climbed part of her body.
Daramola said there was no trace of alcohol or psychotropic substance on the blood of the school mates in the KIA Cereto saloon car that knocked down the deceased pilot after they were subjected to a medical test to ascertain their state of mind.
He noted further that the three classmates all hail from Kogi state and were secondary mates.
He added that they will be handed over to the Police for further investigation and they will be charged to the civil court thereafter.
