Widow Of Brigadier Uba Blasts ‘National Silence’ Over Husband’s Death (Video)

A Nigerian military wife, known on TikTok as Everything Woman, has lamented what she describes as the nation’s growing indifference to the deaths of soldiers, following the reported killing of Brigadier Uba in Maiduguri.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

In an emotional video shared on Thursday, she said she spent hours online hoping to see expressions of grief or outrage but was met with unsettling silence, which she felt belittled the sacrifice of the fallen officer.

“I’ve been online since morning, waiting to see something that will give me hope. So tell me, why is everywhere just quiet, like a chicken died? When I was younger, if a soldier fell, communities and even states mourned openly,” she said.

Recalling the past, she added, “Ten thousand men would escort a fallen soldier to his grave. Now, we lose a Brigadier General, and the whole nation is silent as if nothing happened.”

She expressed disappointment with military families, government officials, and citizens, insisting that such indifference undermines morale and weakens national unity. “Even military wives are quiet. If you stay silent, it affects you. Our government is quiet,” she said.

Questioning how Nigeria reached a point where the death of high-ranking officers does not provoke outrage, she asked, “As a country, how have we let it get to this point where they kill a Brigadier General and nothing happens?”

She also highlighted the dangers soldiers face and questioned the value of their service if the system fails to protect or honor them. “What is the point if our men can’t get protection, justice, or vengeance?”

Speaking about the sacrifices of military families, she described raising children alone, celebrating milestones without spouses, and shouldering the emotional burden of uncertainty.

Addressing President Bola Tinubu, she said, “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.”

She concluded with fear and heartbreak, stating, “Now it seems he might serve forever, and that shatters my hope. He might miss every birthday for nothing. He might just die like a bird.”