A senior officer, Shem Obafaiye has been decorated by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo as Deputy Commandant-General for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Obafaiye was decorated alongside two of his colleagues — Fasiu Adeyinka, ex-Kwara commandant; and Raji, former Imo commandant; as deputy commandants-general, TheNation reports.
In 2013, Obafaiye became a popular figure in Nigeria after a famous interview aired on Channels Television.
NSCDC had replaced Obafaiye as the Lagos state commandant of the outfit. Clement Adesuyi, from the Oyo State Command, took over from him.
His problem began when 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, compressed into a 1 minute 8 seconds video, went viral on social media, with music DJs spinning off a ‘remix’ of the interview and shirts with the ‘Oga at the top’ insignia’ retailed on online shops.
Announcing the promotion, Tunji-Ojo tweeted: “As the chairman of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), I decorated the three new Deputy Commandants General of the @official_NSCDC today.”
