 She is the widow of former Sierra Leonean senior military officer Colonel K.M.S.Dumbuya, who was executed in December 1992 under the NPRC military junta government.In April 2007, Sierra Leone president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah honoured Dumbuya with one of Sierra Leone's highest awards, during a military parade at State House in Freetown in celebration of Sierra Leone's 46th anniversary of independence.