Ten months after the death of their daughter, Tolulope Arotile, the families have lamented delay in the dispensation of justice.
They called for speedy investigation and quick dispensation of justice.
Arotile, who is Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, died in an accident on July 14, 2020, at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) base in Kaduna at the age of 24.
Speaking at an event organised by the Kogi State Government and unveiling of a cinema movie project in Tolulope’s honour on Saturday, father of the deceased, Akintunde Arotile, said that he is yet to heal over the sad incident.
He added that he is more disturbed by the prolonged case investigating her death after 10 months.
According to him, “we are trying as a family to put a closure to the whole thing particularly with the case that is still in court. Up till now, it has not been easy. If the case has been concluded we will try and see if we can put a closure to that chapter and we will just mourn her till maybe when I and my wife will die.
“But the case is still on. I don’t even know when the next hearing will be. My wife is so disturbed because of that.
“It’s like you have an open wound that is not healing. If the case is concluded, our minds will be at rest,” Mr. Arotile said.
He stressed that if only justice can be served as soon as possible, their minds will be put to rest.
“To show that you cannot just kill a serving officer, a pilot in the Air Force Base premises and the case is being treated as nobody.
“You know our normal judicial service system, the case keeps dragging on, that is a problem for us,” Mr Arotile lamented.
The Air Force after the release of the preliminary investigation handed over the suspects Nehemiah Adejoh, Igbekele Folorunsho, and Festus Gbayegun to the at the NAF Base Kaduna.
