This is the tale of Shina Rambo - a notorious armed robber who murdered, stole and devoted all forms of vile crimes earlier than becoming a man of God.
Once upon a time, the point out of the call Shina Rambo sent shivers down the spines of many Nigerians. Rambo changed into a infamous armed robber who terrorized human beings, that even police officers have been were terrified of him. He turned into stated to have murdered, robbed and left in the back of a history of terror with a view to take years to erase.
For history sake, the lifestyles of the infamous armed robber who later have become a pastor has been delivered lower back for all to study and study.
Read the stunning tale as revealed by means of Tunde Moshood:
Shina Rambo is a former bandit who terrorised South-West Nigeria in the Nineties. After serving jail-time for his crimes, he turned into transformed by using an evangelist and have become a Christian evangelical pastor. Shina Rambo now Mathew Oluwanifemi was a call that sent shivers down the spine of individuals who lived within the South West of Nigeria or even outdoor Nigeria, like Benin Republic and community, in the Nineties.
He become a hardened crook, a terror and killer, one whom guys of the safety corporations will by no means overlook in a haste.
A man mountain, towering about 6 ft 5inch, properly built, darkish skinned and sweltering eyes, he executed his operations, like a film, within the broad day mild, with sophisticated weapons, and bullet belts and explosives strapped roundabout him. He specialised in robbing distinctive automobiles on highways and robbing banks. Nothing ought to stop him, no longer even protection operatives, he became definitely invincible. He become Shina Rambo!
He turned into born within the yr 1958 to a navy guy who became a awful egg within the carrier. His father became from Abeokuta in Ogun kingdom, but his mother was a local of Sabongida–Ora in Edo nation. His father had over 18 better halves, as changed into the norm for infantrymen to impregnate really every girl they met in which they were published to. His father used his military influence to rob harmless residents, and constantly added massive amount of money home. This used to lure little Shina.
He recalls, “I remembered once I became about 7 years old, my father came home with a whole lot of money, overseas currencies, with blood on it, and they have been the usage of something like a girl’s scarf to wipe it, then I requested him, is this an animal’s blood, or human blood? But he wouldn’t solution me, they had been simply consuming, smoking, and merry making."
Shina become already indoctrinated into the underworld via his father at a soft age of 7 with out him understanding it, as he could sit down in front of his son, to dismantle and assemble all kinds of weapons and then polishing them in instruction for an operation. This went on for so long until someday, little Shina, entered into his father’s room whilst he had stepped into the rest room, and saw a dismembered gun at the floor. He sat down in the front of it, and step by step, he had assembled it resultseasily in no time at all. His father came out of the toilet, and noticed his son, with a loaded gun in his palms.
Shina flashed again and stated, “That day my father become so dissatisfied, that he desired to kill me, he grabbed the gun from my hand and shot directly at me, but I miraculously escaped out of the room. Then he waited for me to be much less alert at night time he got here to my room with a machete and tried to behead me, however another time, I escaped, but the machete caught my left leg (he rolled up his trouser to show us the large scar, that made every body sighed in pity). It cut me so deep I idea I turned into by no means going to walk again.
"That day I knew I had graduated, all that was left changed into to tug the cause, and I turned into so eager."
Shina Rambo have become so notorious right away, and turned into hellbent on succeeding in his profession as an armed robber, that he went through any duration to comfy spiritual powers for fortification.
To the quantity of pounding over 27 live new born toddlers in the mortar with a pestle, cutting off approximately one hundred human tongues and cooking them to eat, journeying the spiritual river known as river of lifestyles in Ogoja, Cross Rivers State, dwelling in an Iroko tree for days, and snoozing inside the cemetery.
He become given a religious spouse who always followed him for any operation, she dressed like an Alhaja, human beings concept she was human, however she became a spirit, that was why they in no way noticed her face. He stated she became his private driver, that she may want to force from Nigeria to Cotonou, inside the pace of light.
Hear him. ”I was involved in such a lot of rituals, that I can’t begin naming them now, I turned into so powerful, I went underground, inside bushes that gave the impression of a city, quite a few stunning houses inside the tree, I had my very own too. I went right into a river called River of life in Ogoja, where a variety of politicians and rich guys used to come. I had numerous personalities, I may want to exchange my form every time I desired to, that’s why the police had been busy killing harmless humans, and idea they had been killing Shina Rambo.
"The nine herbalists that gave me that power, I have become stronger than them, sooner or later I went to their shrines, and killed they all, so that they don’t monitor my secrets and techniques. I had too many powers; my spiritual wife could force any vehicle on this global or out of it, no police automobile, or each person for that count number, could ever chase and trap me all through an operation. She become out of this world, and whilst she had completed her operation, they took her away from me. I ought to give whatever to get powers, and the elders knew, so they also gave me some thing I desired. I once beheaded hundred guys, and gave them the heads sparkling, they have been so glad with me that they made me invincible.
"No matter the type of bullet you shot at me, it changed into much like natural water on my frame. I could deliver anything to get electricity, however of all of the matters I did to get electricity, the only that also breaks my coronary heart the most, is snoozing with my mother. My father is dead now, but my mother remains 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 become 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 vast daytime and kill each policeman there, force to test factors and open fireplace on each policeman on obligation, he didn’t just like the police in any respect, and was by no means terrified of them, he operated in huge day light armed to the enamel searching like Johny Rambo, in the famous Sylvester Stalone film, “First Blood”.
Shina Rambo is now a pastor after accepting Christ
He as soon as robbed 40 amazing cars in sooner or later and drove they all in a convoy, from Lagos to Cotonou, unstopped. He become effective; he turned into wealthy, and impenetrable. He become a tin god, seemingly belched from the very arroyo hell, all of us dreaded him. He had a spouse and three youngsters, however he lost all of them in in the future for the duration of a bloody police raid whilst he became away on operation. His wife became his stabilizing aspect his lifestyles modified afterwards.
He says “my spouse turned into the whole lot to me, I became forbidden by way of the elders to sleep with another female apart from her. I could collect approximately 50 ladies around me in a inn, and they may just be playing with me. We might smoke, drink, and sniff cocaine, I will provide them money but I will never sleep with them. I will go back domestic to my wife and sleep together with her. That changed into why the police by no means caught me. She knew my job, she knew what I became and I in no way left them alone at night time, I operated inside the day time and pass lower back home to my family at night time.
"I had everything, I was very wealthy, I every so often spent 50 million naira in a day, I did that lots. There become sooner or later that we have been coming from an operation and it seemed as though my powers had been going to fail me, the police and the military were almost last in on us, so we needed to pressure into a crowd and threw millions of naira in the air, there has been commotion, every body become busy selecting naira notes even the police, till we escaped.
"I changed into too rich, however whatever the devil gives you by no means lasts, he's going to acquire extra from you, it’s best the satan in an effort to come up with Fila, (cap) and ask for Iro and Buba (wrapper and top). I misplaced the whole lot, all the money, my own family; I become so effective the police couldn’t seize me however I lost all of it. I had to give up myself to the police and I was arrested and jailed for 11 years.
"While I become serving my prison time period in Agodi prisons, Ibadan, Prophet T.O Obadare came journeying, and having been encouraged several instances by using the Christian brothers and sisters in the prison to offer my life to Christ, he prayed for me and transformed me, and changed my name to Oluwanifemi, and it become so marvelous, the following day I wakened and began talking in tongues. It was at some point of the time of President Olusegun Obasanjo, that we have been granted freedom.
"At this factor, I become glued to my seat, the revival in which Shina Rambo gave this distinctive confession became on an open floor revival inside the historic town of Ibadan. Right in the front of me, on degree, was Evangelist Mathew Oluwanifemi, the as soon as feared Shina Rambo, clad in a loose becoming shirt, black pants and a couple of leather-based sandals with a black Holy Bible in his hands, massive dark skinned and bald headed, nonetheless had the ones fiery seems, and stealth motion.
"I changed into greater transfixed than targeted, God is indeed top notch, he picked the imparting basket raised it to the congregation prayed and requested who had whatever.
"To supply to God, at the beginning I become reluctant, my mind became occupied and out of an innate compulsion, sheer interest I stood up, dipped my hand in my pocket walked towards him in a timely fashion and calculatedly added out my presenting, dropped it into the basket, and seemed deep into his eyes, I had too many things to invite him, there were too many questions unanswered. He seemed back at me, and spoke in Yoruba, saying 'God bless you my brother; we recognise your type while we see them.
"The congregation broke right into a moderate snicker, as all eyes have been on me as I went again to my seat, with a lot of things on my mind, and the pink mild on my midget nonetheless blinking, in the breast pocket of my jacket," Rambo narrated.
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