The widow of Brig.-Gen. Musa Uba, who goes by ‘Everything Woman’ on TikTok, has condemned the perceived growing indifference across Nigeria toward the deaths of soldiers, including her husband’s recent killing by ISWAP terrorists.
Persecondnews recalls that Brigadier Uba was captured and killed by ISWAP in Borno State around November 15 or 16, 2025, after being ambushed while leading a joint air and ground offensive against the insurgents.
In an emotional video shared on Thursday, the widow revealed she spent hours online “waiting to see something that will give me hope,” only to encounter a disturbing silence nationwide.
She contrasted this muted public response with the past, when fallen soldiers were honored with communal respect and towns and states would observe mourning.
She said: “I’ve been online since morning, waiting to see something that will give me hope. So tell me why, till now, everywhere is just quiet like a chicken died? When I was younger, if a soldier fell, communities and even states closed.
“Because 10,000 men would bury that soldier, escort him to his grave. Now, we lose a Brigadier General, and the whole nation is silent as if nothing happened.”
She further criticized the collective silence of military families, government entities, and the public.
“Even military wives are quiet. If you stay quiet, it will affect you. Our government is quiet. As a country, how have we let it get to this point where they kill a Brigadier General and nothing happens?
“When I saw that man sitting there like a thief, I asked myself, what is the point? What is the point if our men can’t get protection, justice, or vengeance? she queried.p
The widow spoke of deep personal sacrifices she has made over the years, explaining that her only source of hope was the expectation that her husband would eventually retire after 35 years of service and return home permanently.
She shared this profound sentiment with the President: “Mr. President, as a military wife, my consolation was that after carrying my children alone, attending every antenatal appointment and birth without him, one day he would serve 35 years and come back.”
“Every birthday missed, every anniversary celebrated alone, every night slept alone, every responsibility done alone, was because I believed one day I would have him back. That was my consolation.
“So tell me, why does it now seem that he might serve forever, and that shatters my hope? Because he might miss every birthday for nothing. He might just die like a bird.”
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