Nehemiah Adejor, the suspect detained over the death of
Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, will be
charged with culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy.
Arotile died on July 14, 2020, after she sustained head
injuries when she was knocked down by a car driven by Nehemiah, her classmate
at the Nigerian Air Force Secondary School in Kaduna.
Nehemiah was arraigned at magistrate’s court in the state
for causing death of Arotile through dangerous driving.
On Thursday, the court discharged two other suspects,
Folorunsho Faith and Gbayegun Deji, arrested in connection with the incident.
The court, however, maintained that Nehemiah has a case to
answer, but not punishable with death.
“The 1st suspect, full of enthusiasm, recklessly reversed
the car in order to meet the deceased and in the process ran over her
consequent upon which the deceased lay unconsciously on the ground. The
deceased was rushed to NAFX64 Base Hospitàl-for- medical attention but was
later pronounced dead by the medical Doctors at the Hospital,” the director of
prosecution said.
“Police investigation reveals that all the suspects attended
the same secondary school with the deceased and upon sighting her the first
suspect recklessly reversed the car and eventually ran over the deceased which
led to her untimely death.
“He informed the other suspects who screamed
enthusiastically after which he stopped and started reversing the car in order
to meet the deceased and exchange pleasantries. In the process of which he
mistakenly ran over her and she later died. He denied having any premeditated
plan to kill her.
“It is clear also from the investigation done; the second
and third suspects were passengers and friends of the first suspect who was
driving the vehicle.
“From the foregoing there is sufficient evidence to
prosecute the 1st suspect for the offence of Culpable Homicide not punishable
with death contrary to Section 191 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 as
there is no premeditation in the death of the deceased.”
Nehemiah will be arraigned before the state high court on
September 3.
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