When it comes to daredevil armed
robbers in Nigeria, Shina Rambo stands tall as one of the most notorious.
Only the late Anini is more
infamous than the armed robber called Shina Rambo. His name struck fear in the
hearts of Nigerians during his heydays as an armed robber and murderer. Shina
Rambo was a menace in the 1990s.
Shina Rambo was born in a
polygamous home. Not only was his father a womanizer, unconfirmed accounts has
it that he was a corrupt soldier too.
His father had a lot of guns at
home and at a very young age, he could arrange several guns after his father
dismantled them. One day, Shina Rambo’s father came in and saw him putting a
gun back together. His father was livid and almost killed him that day with a
cutlass. He struck his leg, leaving a deep gash there.
Shina Rambo was stubborn in
school and he was sent to several schools because of his truancy and his
penchant for stealing. He was in Primary 3 when he was first expelled.
According to him, he was a wicked child. In the interview, he admitted he was a
cult member since Primary 4. As a young boy, he wanted to be a pilot but a life
of crime soon took over.
When he went to Benin after
finishing Primary School, he started working for robbery gangs. He would sneak
into homes and rob.
His life of crime would lead him
to search for mystical powers for spiritual protection. Shina Rambo said his
thirst for spiritual protection made him enter spiritual trees and be buried
like the dead.
The Abeokuta, Ogun State-born
Rambo went on to be the brain behind many crimes in the Western parts o the
country where he robbed and killed. He was even feared by the police. Legend
has it that he could disappear at will whenever policemen were about to
apprehend him. He was dreaded not only in Nigeria but also in Benin Republic.
In his interview, Shina Rambo
claims the woman who drove him was dressed as an Alhaja, but she was an evil
spirit assigned to him for his robbery operations.
Shina Rambo was based in Cotonou,
Benin Republic and surprisingly he had a family, a wife and three kids. In a
2016 crusade, Shina Rambo who is now born-again Christian spoke more about his
family then.
“My wife was everything to me. I
was forbidden by the Elders to sleep 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 sleep with them. I will go back home to my wife and sleep with her.
That was why the police never caught me. She knew my job, she knew what I was
and I never left them alone at night, I operated in the daytime and go back
home to my family.” He later lost his family in circumstances he did not
reveal.
Some of his gang members were
Boyo, Apadi, Awo Ara, Toyosi and others. According to him, he had 210 girls who
were acting as his spies.
The circumstances surrounding
Shina Rambo’s arrest is murky. One narrative says he was arrested by the
Nigerian Police and locked in a prison.
In the Integrity T.V interview,
Shina Rambo claims he was the one who gave himself up after giving his life to
Christ, thanks to the Man Of God Prophet T.O Obadare. He also claims he was
never officially sentenced but was awaiting trial when he was eventually freed
by the Obasanjo administration.
Now Evangelist Matthew
Oluwanifemi preaches the word of God in crusades and is a completely different
man from his days of terror.
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