When names are being listed, of women who through sheer determination, made indisputable feats in the Aviation industry, Kafayat Sanni will be mentioned with wide grins.
Like the women before her, Kafayat Sanni enlisted into the Nigerian Air Force in 2012, with big dreams, and a bigger confidence, to become a pilot.
Taking hold of opportunities, she worked her way to the top of the class.
Upon graduation from 401 Aviation school, Kaduna, Nigeria, as the overall best student, she was duly selected to continue her pilot’s training in the United States Aviation Leadership Program.
After 18 months of training, Kafayat, hungry for more, pursued an education in English, then an additional Vocational training in Colombia.
Upon completion, she returned to Nigeria to be decorated, alongside 12 young men, as the first female fighter jet pilot, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.
Now, Sanni waits eagerly to be conscripted to the fight against the Boko-Haram sect. “I’m just going to join my male counterparts in the insurgency fight, and play my part”.
On what she would tell the younger girls, Kafayat says “never say no to opportunities”.