Ten years after, ‘Oga At The Top’ get promoted to deputy CG

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer behind the famous ‘Oga At The Top’ remark, Shem Obafiaye, has been promoted to the rank of deputy commandant-general.

Obafiaye had in 2013, became popular after he made the remark when he appeared as a guest on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television breakfast programme,

The then Lagos commandant of the NSCDC, had 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.

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‘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.