A delegation of senior female police officers from the Force Headquarters Abuja has paid a visit to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) following the death and burial of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile.
NAF spokesman Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola who made this known in a statement on Saturday said the delegation was led by Assistant Inspector General of Police Aishatu Abubakar.
Daramola said the delegation was received on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar by the NAF Chief of Administration, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Idris, who led the team to the NAF Memorial Arcade where they laid wreaths and signed the condolence register.
Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, died on July 14 as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base, Kaduna.
He said the AIG while signing the register wrote: “Your life was so short but very well spent. You have opened lots of opportunities for other young women in this field. May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace.”
Daramola said the other female senior officers on the delegation were Commissioner of Police Christy Cookey and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Margeret Ochalla.
Others were Force Gender Coordinator and Adviser to the Inspector General; DCP Rabi Umar, Director of Education; Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Grace Longe, Director of Research, National Institute of Police Studies; and Superintendent Imoh Itah.
