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  • Suspect Narrates How He Mistakenly Killed Female Helicopter Pilot, Arotile

    Suspect Narrates How He Mistakenly Killed Female Helicopter Pilot, Arotile

    A suspect, Nehemiah Adejoh, who drove the car that ran over the female helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has said he killed her by mistake, Daily Trust has reported.

    Narrating his story at a Kaduna Magistrate Court on Thursday, the suspect explained that he mistakenly ran over the deceased.

    Adejoh was reported to be the one behind the steering of the vehicle that knocked down Arotile on July 11 before she was pronounced dead at the Nigerian Air Force hospital in Kaduna.

    Appearing before a Kaduna magistrate court on Thursday, Adejoh noted that he never intended to kill Arotile.

    He also denied having any premeditated plan to kill her in his cautionary statement.

    He explained that on sighting the deceased walking along the roadside at the Air Force base, he started reversing the car in order to exchange pleasantries with her, but mistakenly ran over her.

    The police have charged the suspect with culpable homicide.

    The Chief Magistrate, Danjuma Hassan, has ordered the suspect to be remanded in prison pending further hearing.

    The judge has, however, fixed October 3 as the day for further hearing.

    Idowu Sowunmi

  • Suspected killers of Arotile handed over to Nigeria police

    Suspected killers of Arotile handed over to Nigeria police

    Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has officially handed over to the Nigeria Police Force the three suspects: Nehemiah Adejoh, Igbekele Folorunsho and Festus Gbayegun, involved in the incident that led to the death of Nigeria’s first female helicopter combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile.

    Giving brief highlights during the handover at the NAF Base Kaduna, the Commander 453 Base Services Group (453 BSG), Hadi Ahmed, recalled how, on  July 14, at about 4.30pm, a KIA Sorento SUV, with registration number: AZ 478 MKA (Kaduna), driven by Adejoh, with two other passengers, knocked down Arotile when she was walking along Air Marshal Ibrahim Alfa Road in the Base, leading to her eventual death.

    Ahmed highlighted that the three persons involved in the accident, who were former schoolmates of the late Flying Officer at the Air Force Secondary School in Kaduna, were on their way to visit the wife of a serving senior officer residing in the Base before the accident occurred.

    He stated that NAF would continue to cooperate with the Nigeria Police and provide all necessary support to enable it carry forward the case to its logical conclusion.

    It would be recalled that NAF, during a press conference on July 19 to give details of the outcome of its preliminary investigations, had informed Nigerians that the three persons involved in the accident would be handed over to the Nigeria Police for further investigation and possible prosecution in line with extant laws.

    Idowu Sowunmi