Shina Rambo (born c. 1963) is a
former bandit who terrorised South-
West Nigeria in the 1990s. After
serving jail-time for his crimes, he
was converted by an evangelist and
became a Christian evangelical
pastor.Shina Rambo now Mathew
Oluwanifemi was a name that sent
shivers down the spine of people who
lived in the South West of Nigeria
and even outside Nigeria, like Benin
Republic and neighborhood, in the
1990s.
He was a hardened criminal, a terror
and killer, one whom men of the
security agencies will never forget in
a haste.
A man mountain, towering about 6 ft
5inch, well built, dark skinned and
sweltering eyes, he carried out his
operations, like a movie, in the broad
day light, with sophisticated weapons,
and bullet belts and explosives
strapped roundabout him.
He specialized in robbing exotic cars
on highways and banks. Nothing could
stop him, not even security operatives,
he was totally invincible. He was Shina
Rambo!He was born in the year 1958
to a military man who was a bad egg in
the service. His father was from
Abeokuta in Ogun state, but his
mother was a native of Sabongida–Ora
in Edo state.
His father had over 18 wives, as was
the norm for soldiers to impregnate
virtually every woman they met where
they were posted to.His father used
his military influence to rob innocent
citizens, and always brought huge
amount of money home.
This used to entice little Shina. He
recalls, “I remembered when I was
about 7 years old, my father came
home with a lot of money, foreign
currencies, with blood on it, and they
were using something like a woman’s
scarf to wipe it, then I asked him, is
this an animal’s blood, or human blood?
But he wouldn’t answer me, they were
just drinking, smoking, and merry
making.
”Shina was already indoctrinated into
the underworld by his father at a
tender age of 7 without him knowing
it, as he would sit in front of his son,
to dismantle and assemble all sorts of
weapons and then polishing them in
preparation for an operation. This
went on for so long till one day, little
Shina, entered into his father’s room
while he had stepped into the toilet,
and saw a dismembered gun on the
floor.
He sat down in front of it, and bit by
bit, he had assembled it effortlessly
in no time at all. His father came out
of the toilet, and saw his son, with a
loaded gun in his hands. Shina flashed
back and said, “That day my father
was so disappointed, that he wanted
to kill me, he grabbed the gun from
my hand and shot straight at me, but
I miraculously escaped out of the
room.Then he waited for me to be less
alert at night he came to my room
with a machete and tried to behead
me, but once again, I escaped, but the
machete caught my left leg. (rolled up
his trouser to show us the large scar,
that made everyone sighed in pity).
It cut me so deep I thought I was
never going to walk again. That day I
knew I had graduated, all that was
left was to pull the trigger, and I was
so eager. Shina Rambo became so
notorious in no time, and was hell bent
on succeeding in his career as an
armed robber, that he went through
any length to secure spiritual powers
for fortification.
To the extent of pounding over 27 live
new born babies in the mortar with a
pestle, cutting off about 100 human
tongues and cooking them to eat,
visiting the spiritual river called river
of life in Ogoja, Cross Rivers State,
living in an Iroko tree for days, and
sleéping in the cemetery.
He was given a spiritual wife who
always followed him for any operation,
she dressed like an Alhaja, people
thought she was human, but she was a
spirit, that was why they never saw
her face.
He said she was his personal driver,
that she could drive from Nigeria to
Cotonou, in the speed of light.
Hear him. ”I was involved in so many
rituals, that I can’t start naming them
now, I was so powerful, I went
underground, inside trees that looked
like a city, a lot of beautiful houses
inside the tree, I had my own too, I
went into a river called River of life in
Ogoja, where a lot of politicians and
wealthy men used to come, I had
several personalities, I could change
my form whenever I wanted to, that’s
why the police were busy killing
innocent people, and thought they
were killing Shina Rambo.
The 9 herbalists that gave me that
power, I became stronger than them,
one day I went to their shrines, and
killed all of them, so that they don’t
reveal my secrets. I had too many
powers; my spiritual wife could drive
any car in this world or out of it, no
police vehicle, or anyone for that
matter, could ever chase and catch
me during an operation.
She was out of this world, and when
she had completed her operation, they
took her away from me. I could give
anything to get powers, and the elders
knew, so they also gave me anything I
wanted.I once beheaded hundred
men, and gave them the heads fresh,
they were so happy with me that they
made me invincible.
No matter the kind of bullet you shot
at me, it was just like pure water on
my body. I could give anything to get
power, but of all the things I did to
get power, the one that still breaks
my heart the most, is sléeping with my
mother. My father is dead now, but
my mother is still alive, and she lives
with me she is 85 years old, whenever
I set my eyes on her, I just start
crying.
I can`t bear it. Shina Rambo was a
raging terror, he was infallibly
dangerous, the police dreaded him,
both in Nigeria, and Benin Republic,
his place of interest for business.
He would go to police stations, in
broad daylight and kill every
policeman there, drive to check points
and open fire on every policeman on
duty, he didn’t like the police at all,
and was never afraid of them, he
operated in broad day light armed to
the teeth looking like Johny Rambo, in
the popular Sylvester Stalone movie,
“First Blood”.
He once robbed 40 exotic cars in one
day and drove all of them in a convoy,
from Lagos to Cotonou, unstopped. He
was powerful; he was wealthy, and
impenetrable. He was a tin god,
apparently belched from the very
arroyo hell, we all dreaded him. He
had a wife and three children, but he
lost all of them in one day during a
bloody police raid whilst he was away
on operation.
His wife was his stabilizing factor his
life changed afterwards. He says “my
wife was everything to me,
I was forbidden by the elders to
sléep with any other woman apart
from her, I could gather about 50
women around me in a hotel, and they
will just be playing with me, we would
smoke, drink, and sniff cocaine, I will
give them money but I will never sleép
with them. I will go back home to my
wife and sleép with her. That was why
the police never caught me. She knew
my job, she knew what I was, I never
left them alone at night, I operated in
the day time and go back home to my
family at night.
I had everything, I was very wealthy,
I once spent 50 million naira in a day.
I did it a lot, there was one day that
we were coming from an operation and
it seemed as if my powers were going
to fail me, the police and the army
were almost closing in on us, so we had
to drive into a crowd and threw
millions of naira in the air, there was
commotion, everybody was busy
picking naira notes even the police,
until we escaped.
I was too rich, but anything the devil
gives you never lasts, he will collect
more from you, it’s only the devil that
will give you Fila, (cap) and ask for Iro
and Buba.(wrapper and top). I lost
everything, all the money, my family; I
was so powerful the police couldn’t
catch me but I lost it all.I had to
surrender myself to the police, and I
was arrested and jailed for 11 years.
When I was serving my jail term in
Agodi prisons, Ibadan, Prophet T.O
Obadare came visiting, and having
been encouraged several times by the
Christian brothers and sisters in the
prison to give my life to Christ, he
prayed for me and converted me, and
changed my name to Oluwanifemi, and
it was so miraculous, the next day I
woke up and started speaking in
tongues. It was during the time of
President Olusegun Obasanjo, that we
were granted freedom.
At this point, I was glued to my seat,
the revival where Shina Rambo gave
this exclusive confession was on an
open ground revival in the ancient city
of Ibadan, right in front of me, on
stage, was Evangelist Mathew
Oluwanifemi, the once feared Shina
Rambo, clad in a loose fitting shirt,
black pants and a pair of leather
sandals with a black Holy Bible in his
hands, gigantic dark skinned and bald
headed, still had those fiery looks,
and stealth movement.
I was more transfixed than focused,
God is indeed awesome, he picked the
offering basket raised it to the
congregation prayed and asked who
had anything to give to God, at first I
was reluctant, my mind was occupied
and out of an innate compulsion, sheer
curiosity I stood up, dipped my hand in
my pocket walked towards him briskly
and calculatedly brought out my
offering, dropped it into the basket,
and looked deep into his eyes, I had
too many things to ask him, there
were too many questions unanswered.
He looked back at me, and spoke in
Yoruba, saying God bless you my
brother; we know your type when we
see them.The congregation broke into
a mild giggle, as all eyes were on me as
I went back to my seat, with a lot of
things on my mind, and the red light on
my midget still blinking, in the bosom
pocket of my jacket…

God is great.

Na GOD sure pass

Has he been tried for the robberies and murders he committed those years ago? He should be in jail right now.