The wife of Brigadier General Musa Uba, who was recently killed by terrorists in Maiduguri, has expressed disappointment over what she described as the nation’s muted response to the incident.

In a video shared on TikTok, the woman, who goes by the name ‘Everything Woman’ on the platform, said she had expected a stronger national reaction and public show of support following her husband’s death.

According to her, she spent hours online “waiting to see something that will give me hope,” but found little public engagement or expression of solidarity.

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She contrasted the present atmosphere with what she remembers from previous years, when communities and states showed collective mourning whenever a military officer was killed in action.

“I’ve been online since morning… everywhere is just quiet. When I was younger, if a soldier fell, communities and even states closed,” she said in the video.

The grieving wife noted that the silence has been painful for families of fallen personnel and called on government authorities, military families, and the wider public to acknowledge the sacrifices made by soldiers in conflict zones.

She warned that lack of visible national support could further discourage families already burdened by long periods of separation and the risks associated with military service.

“As a country, how have we let it get to this point?” she asked, urging for greater recognition of the service and sacrifice of security personnel.

Reflecting on her own journey as a military spouse, she described years of raising children alone, attending hospital visits without her husband, and marking family milestones in his absence due to his deployments.

“Every birthday missed, every anniversary celebrated alone, every responsibility done alone, was because I believed one day I would have him back,” she said.

She added that her hope had always been that her husband would complete his years of service and return home safely — a hope she said has now been shattered.

“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.”