my Oga At The Top’ Saga, Charly Boy Opens Fire At Channel TV Personalities


It’s unfortunate, this article is coming in late. This is because I almost ignored the racket “ My Oga at the top” generated. However, because of some salient lessons in the whole joke, I have decided to hit you with this.

Even though, my ways may be very different from yours, I still believe we must be objective in our analysis, judgment, and conclusion about others. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr. Shem’s experience in the hands of Nigerians and the Channel TV personalities cannot be too different from what many of us face on a daily bases. Some of us have been arbitrarily judged, smashed, squeezed, criticized, and battered for several years because we have failed to be who they want us to be. Different darts and missiles have been thrown at us because they chose to judge us from the first impression they conceived about us. What insult haven’t we received? They will try to judge you by the few words they hear from your mouth. When you use signs and symbols to communicate national issues, they misconstrue every bit of it as you are either tagged the head of Nigeria Illuminati, or they may even try to put your sexuality to question. However, we still love them, and still fight for them even when they don’t really understand why we are here. Some have not even realized the need to hold on to the reality that confronts them today, instead, they are committed to producing gunpowder for the celebration of individual blunder, and they swiftly push national blunder aside.

Yes, the NSCDC Commandant goofed, he failed to give the correct NSCDC website, he wanted his oga at the top to announce that personally, hence he couldn’t go ahead to announce it, as his oga may end up announcing another one later. At first, it appeared to me as if he didn’t understand the question until he got to the point of providing the URL of the website, and then we all laughed when he was unable to provide the web address as demanded. We all laughed at his little or no IT knowledge, and not really because he is not competent enough to do his job. We all laughed because he had displayed some level of confidence right from the beginning of the interview till the point he was to give the website details.

However, is it enough to have made it a trending topic on twitter and on other social sites for days? I must say that we have all failed by pushing aside the lesson and the message of the controversial interview. If you don’t know, the message is simple; there is a systemic failure. We have all failed our country. We have even failed to channel our heavy online presence towards a more positive direction. We have failed to understand that the entire system has no structure as it stands now. If that is not the case, why were we not intelligent enough to see beyond Mr. Shem’s failure and begin to reflect over leadership failure, using the social media platform? It has always remained this way, where only few of us can speak our minds in a country where mediocrity reigns supreme. We have failed to see how mediocre now flood the civil service , but all we are now looking at ,is just Mr. Shem’s blunder. Why

Members of staff in several organizations know little or nothing about their organization. They can’t even tell ‘categorically’ like Mr. Shem, whether they have an existing or functional website. How effective are various media units that are scattered across different Ministries in the country? NSCDC should even thank God that it was Mr. Shem who failed, and not their media unit, because such would have been possible. I know that majority of Nigerians that work in the civil service are not up to date with the internet social world, as they believe in doing things the old way. You won’t even blame Mr. Shem for not being able to give the correct web address or not being able to add dot.com, because the NSCDC Website, prior to the controversy was almost dormant. How would you expect one to know a website that doesn’t exist or non-functional?

But my pain is simply that we have all failed to tackle the most pressing issues of the day, falling into the trap and deception of the phrase “My oga at the top”. We have been so deceived and then became so careless about our safety, laughing hysterically; with our eyes gazed at “My Oga at the top” until the dreaded Boko Haram found a way to shoot us with their arrows. We laughed until we forgot that we have urgent national issues to address, and the faceless ones hit us hard again in the city of Kano. What a shame!

While we were busy gossiping, creating cartoons, producing T. Shirts, and cooking beats in the studio to ridicule just a single individual, we lost millions of naira at the Murtula Mohammed Airport, Lagos to some armed men who stormed the airport, harassing both Nigerians and foreigners. I heard they had a swell moment at the airport. You can’t just imagine that armed robbers could succeed even in an International Airport. Where is safe then? “Yet, we were busy with My oga at the top”

While we took the joke to another level, the Boko Haram militants also saw our weaknesses and carefree attitude, and they hit us hard, killing well over 60 people in the Kano bomb attack. They beat all security apparatus in place in the volatile city, because, we refused to watch our back as we were laughing at “ My Oga at the top”

In our usual carelessness, when some people were demanding for amnesty for some faceless people, we kept mummed, because we were only interested in “Oga at the top.” We refused to ask questions on why some people should be advocating for this group.

As good, committed, and patriotic citizens, couldn’t we have embarked on a campaign against violence using the social media platform for that purpose? How many of us are willing to laugh at some of the ogas in the North who have sold the future of our children in the name of leadership tussle? How many of us have been able to tell the Northern leaders that they have failed their people for giving some terrorists the supports they really do not deserve? Yet, we still talk about “My Oga at the top”

These are no time for such jokes as we have better and serious issues to address as Nigerian youth and children. Enough of this “My oga at the top” Stop the rubbish now! Let’s ask them some questions on why we must continue to bury our ourselves.
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Hmmm. Cocoa nut chop my head mior

#1stcomment. Nice one tho... Some people dont even knw NSCDC exist untill d issue arise nd dy talk nd make prank as if dy knw wat NSCDC.. Bf d ish! Am sure 60% of 'my oga @ d top' promoter dnt knw NSCDC. Nd 80% dnt knw d website! However it was a nice trend to laugh @..

nyc write up charly

to all the my oga at the top fans. . .just know that behind every oga at the top . . .there's always a boy at the bottom. . . .GBAM.

So Mr Charles Oputa is this intelligent? Anyway ''thats all'' i have to say.

I'm here just in case it makes the frontpage

Wel,I dn't see d essence 4 d 1st paragraph..we'v bin cald so many names bla!bla!bla!...and I dn't understand d part "we shld av used d media 2 campaign against violence" instead during d wik of oga @ d top so d bombing wld av bin averted??d robbery wldn't av apnd??cus I dn't get his message really......

I grew up listening to Charly Boy's TV show and his ideologies where spiritual, logical and multifaceted. I always knew that he is a distinct fellow largely misunderstood. There was never a time I disrespected his alter-ego cos I know his personality is esoteric. This is a nice write-up. I wish people can heed to the advise and question the rationale behind request for Amnesty for Boko Haram by revolting against the deadly organization. MEND didnt target the masses, MEND fought for the masses. Citizens are the greatest army in any revolutionary campaign. We are not terrorists, I know this for sure, but we are today, cos we failed to condemn Boko Haram sympathizers cos they are our tribesmen. We need to warn Tinubu and Buhari, that the lives of our brothers and sisters up North are not a sacrifice for their selfish political gains. If we set on flames the buildings and cars of these lovers of blood, then the message will be passed to Boko Haram, cos I know whoever clamors for Support for Boko Haram, must know them and where they are. My Piece and my Peace I bring to you this Easter Holidays. Jesus brought a message of Peace, so did Mohammed.

Billyonaire: I grew up listening to Charly Boy's TV show and his ideologies where spiritual, logical and multifaceted. I always knew that he is a distinct fellow largely misunderstood. There was never a time I disrespected his alter-ego cos I know his personality is esoteric. This is a nice write-up. I wish people can heed to the advise and question the rationale behind request for Amnesty for Boko Haram by revolting against the deadly organization. MEND didnt target the masses, MEND fought for the masses. Citizens are the greatest army in any revolutionary campaign. We are not terrorists, I know this for sure, but we are today, cos we failed to condemn Boko Haram sympathizers cos they are our tribesmen. We need to warn Tinubu and Buhari, that the lives of our brothers and sisters up North are not a sacrifice for their selfish political gains. If we set on flames the buildings and cars of these lovers of blood, then the message will be passed to Boko Haram, cos I know whoever clamors for Support for Boko Haram, must know them and where they are. My Piece and my Peace I bring to you this Easter Holidays. Jesus brought a message of Peace, so did Mohammed.

i agreed with everything u said until u mentioned mohammed and peace in the same sentence

Melecin after death!

Amazing point. but its so unfortunate many wont heed

Charly is right though....

But the 'oga at the top' trend was fun while it lasted..

@OP flash my number incase it hits the front page!

Na person go read all this?

NoContract: @OP flash my number incase it hits the front page!

wake up man.

Excellent write up by Charly boy, and I totally agree with him.

Ebestsms.com:
Na person go read all this?

na animal go read am no be person, lazy thing

pls i want to know. is charly boy completely sound mentally?

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ebamma: i agreed with everything u said until u mentioned mohammed and peace in the same sentence

He was right, and you're ignorant. To know the message of Islaam, don't look at the Muslims or hear from the media. Look straight into the holy sources, and you'll see the truth for yourself.
Shun bias, prejudice, and stereotypes!

chux76: my Oga At The Top’ Saga, Charly Boy Opens Fire At Channel TV Personalities
We have all failed our country.

I have not failed my country.

Flogging a dead horse.

OP u re somehow related..or mistakenly related to Mr.Oga @d top? cos u sound pathetic for him?

Hmmm... Charly charly... Charly bobo

Billyonaire: I grew up listening to Charly Boy's TV show and his ideologies where spiritual, logical and multifaceted. I always knew that he is a distinct fellow largely misunderstood. There was never a time I disrespected his alter-ego cos I know his personality is esoteric. This is a nice write-up. I wish people can heed to the advise and question the rationale behind request for Amnesty for Boko Haram by revolting against the deadly organization. MEND didnt target the masses, MEND fought for the masses. Citizens are the greatest army in any revolutionary campaign. We are not terrorists, I know this for sure, but we are today, cos we failed to condemn Boko Haram sympathizers cos they are our tribesmen. We need to warn Tinubu and Buhari, that the lives of our brothers and sisters up North are not a sacrifice for their selfish political gains. If we set on flames the buildings and cars of these lovers of blood, then the message will be passed to Boko Haram, cos I know whoever clamors for Support for Boko Haram, must know them and where they are. My Piece and my Peace I bring to you this Easter Holidays. Jesus brought a message of Peace, so did Mohammed.

You have spoken well.Charlie i completely agree with u.

Nyc and intelligent write up from a WRONG man. So Ironic.
Best thing ever frm CB

ebamma: i agreed with everything u said until u mentioned mohammed and peace in the same sentence

Why are you being foolish in your old age..

Ebestsms.com:
Na person go read all this?

That's exactly d problem wt d supposed future leaders of Nigeria. SMH