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 1990’s.
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 6ft 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 breast pocket
of my jacket… [1]

Hmmmmm.. Well said

the latest bandit now is Tinubu...travelled to u.s.a in speed of light with south west's money...went to london to rest...dissapeared into naija with comfirm private jet...claimed to give one gov of one state millions of pounds sterlin.....hav almost all properties in lagos...menn...na correct ole...o