{"id":131861,"date":"2023-12-16T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/16\/nscdcs-my-oga-at-the-top-officer-obafaiye-becomes-deputy-commandant-general\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:18:00","slug":"nscdcs-my-oga-at-the-top-officer-obafaiye-becomes-deputy-commandant-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/16\/nscdcs-my-oga-at-the-top-officer-obafaiye-becomes-deputy-commandant-general\/","title":{"rendered":"NSCDC&#8217;s \u2018My Oga At The Top\u2019 Officer, Obafaiye Becomes Deputy Commandant General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-903475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231216-070246_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Shem Obafaiye\" width=\"1080\" height=\"559\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Shem Obafaiye, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer who became popular for his \u201cmy Oga at the top\u201d phrase, has risen to the top.<\/p>\n<p>He was promoted alongside two of his colleagues as Deputy Commandants-General.<\/p>\n<p>The picture of Obafaiye being decorated by Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo became a talking point on Friday with netizens juxtaposing his latest position to his comical interview years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the photos of Mr Obafaiye and the other officers, the Ministry of Interior in a tweet said, \u201cAs the chairman of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), the minister, @BTOofficial, decorated the three new deputy commandants general of the @official_NSCDC today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that over a decade ago, Obafaiye became an internet sensation following his response to an interview with Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Oga At The Top: Lagos NSCDC Commandant Not Suspended\u2026 Television Station Denies Wife\u2019s Protest At H\/Quarters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the interview, he was asked to state the NSCDC\u2019s website for members of the public who would like to get information about the agency.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe one (website) that we are going to make use of is going to be made known by my Oga at the top. Yes. I can\u2019t announce one now, and my Oga says it\u2019s another one that we are going to use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to know about NSCDC as at now. Ok, www.nscdc\u2026. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the website of the NSCDC, Mr Obafaiye said, \u201cHmmm, the website is, excuse me, my Oga at the top knows the website.\u201d He again cleared his throat and said: \u201cMy Oga at the top is working on the website, and I don\u2019t have them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The phrase went viral and became a major slogan in Nigerian budding social media space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1464888920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shem Obafaiye, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer who became popular for his \u201cmy Oga at the top\u201d phrase, has risen to the top. 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The picture of Obafaiye being decorated by Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo became a talking point on Friday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NSCDC&#039;s \u2018My Oga At The Top\u2019 Officer, Obafaiye Becomes Deputy Commandant General - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/16\/nscdcs-my-oga-at-the-top-officer-obafaiye-becomes-deputy-commandant-general\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSCDC&#039;s \u2018My Oga At The Top\u2019 Officer, Obafaiye Becomes Deputy Commandant General - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shem Obafaiye, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer who became popular for his \u201cmy Oga at the top\u201d phrase, has risen to the top. 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