{"id":133132,"date":"2023-12-20T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/20\/oga-at-the-top-trend-scarred-me-my-wife-patented-the-slogan-nscdcs-obafaiye\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T07:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:00:03","slug":"oga-at-the-top-trend-scarred-me-my-wife-patented-the-slogan-nscdcs-obafaiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/20\/oga-at-the-top-trend-scarred-me-my-wife-patented-the-slogan-nscdcs-obafaiye\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Oga At The Top\u2019 Trend Scarred Me, My Wife Patented The Slogan \u2014 NSCDC’s Obafaiye"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shem Obafiaye, recently promoted officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who made the viral \u2018Oga At The Top\u2019 remark, says the reactions at the time, affected him psychologically.<\/p>\n

According to him, his wife has patented (an exclusive right granted for an invention or intellectual property trademark) the phrase.<\/p>\n

Recall that in 2013, Obafiaye, who was then the Lagos commandant of the NSCDC, was a guest on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television breakfast programme, when he was asked to provide the website of the NSCDC.<\/p>\n

As he stuttered before producing the wrong web address, he said, \u201cThe website is\u2026 excuse me\u2026 wait\u2026 it can only be made known by my Oga at the top,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Raising an index finger, he added, \u201cI cannot categorically tell you one now, and my Oga at the top would give you another one,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, the website is ww.nscdc\u2026that\u2019s all\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u2018Oga At The Top\u2019 phrase further went viral, was picked up by the streets, became a meme, morphed into danceable tunes for parties.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: NSCDC\u2019s \u2018My Oga At The Top\u2019 Officer, Obafaiye Becomes Deputy Commandant General<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was emblazoned on T-shirts, complete with a caricature of the man behind it all.<\/p>\n

Skit makers also could not get enough of it.<\/p>\n

Obafiaye who spoke in a chat with Channels Television on Tuesday, said he was handed a month\u2019s leave by his boss after the clip went viral.<\/p>\n

He jokingly added that he would charge anyone using the phrase henceforth as he obtained the patent certificate<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the certificate [of patent]. My wife did it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the certificate at home. So from now, anywhere I hear \u2018my Oga at the top\u2019 na money oo,\u201d Obafiaye said.<\/p>\n

Admitting that trend was a lot of mental stress, he said, \u201cIt has to [affect you psychologically], but I had never gone through such a thing in my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the words of my cousin that: \u2018I know you have a future. If you are ready for national recognition, you should also be ready for national embarrassment, harassment and insult\u2019, comforted me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Obafiaye was promoted to the rank of deputy commandant-general and was retired almost immediately.<\/p>\n

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