Retired Deputy Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Shem Obafaiye, has explained why he was not officially kitted after his recent promotion.
Obafaiye, was promoted to the position of the Deputy Commandant-General of the NSCDC by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.
He was honored with two of his colleagues as deputy commandants-general: Fasiu Adeyinka, ex-Kwara commandant, and Raji, ex-Imo commandant.
Following his promotion, it was observed that he was not officially knitted for the new position.
While reacting to this during a live interview on Channels TV, he explained that he is now retired.
He said, “The president magnanimously approved, my minister of Interior as well, my now Oga at the top, the commandant general, the trio agreed that let him go home with this rank even after retirement”.
He also revealed that the ‘Oga at the Top’, incident did not have significant negative effect on him as he chose to continue with his duties, especially with the media after that.
He however stated that he stopped granting direct interview after the incident.
“No direct interview after that except I made arrests or paraded suspects. I didn’t have any issues with the press, what happened came the way it came.”
Recall Obafaiye rose to prominence in Nigeria after a notable interview on Channels Television in 2013.
During the interview, he was asked to state the NSCDC’s website for members of the public who would like to get information about the agency.
He said: “The 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’t announce one now, and my Oga says it’s another one that we are going to use.
“If you want to know about NSCDC as at now. Ok, www.nscdc…. That’s all.”
The interview, which was compressed into a 1 minute 8 second video, quickly became viral on social media, with music DJs spinning a’remix’ of the interview and shirts with the ‘Oga at the top’ logo’ being sold on online stores.