Shem Obafiaye, an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps (NSCDC), who made the viral ‘Oga At The Top’ remark, has been
promoted to the rank of deputy commandant-general.
In 2013, Obafiaye, who was then the Lagos commandant of the
NSCDC, appeared as a guest on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television breakfast
programme, and stuttered when he was asked to provide the website of the NSCDC.
“The website is… excuse me… wait… it can only be made known
by my Oga at the top,” he said, with an index finger pointing skywards and a
broad smile to boot.
But there was more after he was pressed to elucidate by the show hosts.
“I cannot
categorically tell you one now and my Oga at the top would give you another
one,” he added.
‘Oga At The Top’ went viral afterwards and hit the streets
to rip-roaring effect.
The phrase instantly became a meme, morphed into danceable
tunes for club goers, skit makers could not get enough of it, and it was
emblazoned on T-shirts, complete with a caricature of the man behind it all.
Obafiaye was redeployed from the Lagos command of the NSCDC
shortly afterwards.
Ten years on and ‘Oga At The Top’ is getting a promotion.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the minister of interior, decorated
Obafiaye alongside two of his colleagues — Fasiu Adeyinka, ex-Kwara commandant;
and Raji, former Imo commandant; as deputy commandants-general.
“As the chairman of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire
and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), I decorated the three new Deputy
Commandants General of the NSCDC,” the minister said on Wednesday.
On December 1, the federal government approved the promotion
of 32,361 personnel of all ranks in the parastatals under the ministry of
interior.
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