Tolulope Arotile, who died on July 14, has been laid to rest with full military honors at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja today Thursday, July 23.

Death is an inevitable enemy of mankind, it will surely come to everyone someday. Today, the icon, heroine Tolu Arotiole has been laid to rest amidst tears. It was a mournful event as the first female combat pilot finally move to the world of no return.

Arotile, who hails from Iffe in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State died as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base Kaduna.

Her death came barely a year after she was winged as a combat helicopter pilot in the Air Force following the completion of her course in South Africa.

Her funeral ceremony was attended by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique; Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and his wife; the Senate Committee Chairman on Air Force, Bala Ib’n Nalla as well as her family members and friends.

See more photos from the burial below