Notorious robber Shina Rambo now a pastor - Nigerianeye.

For many Nigerians, born before or in the 90's, the name"SHINA RAMBO" will surely ring a bell. It was a name that sentcold shivers to many whenever it was mentioned. Different stories about the former robbery kingpin, who terrorised the South West in the 1990s filled the air, as security officials battled to contain the notorious armed-robber for many years. However Omokenwa a.k.a. Shina Rambo in 2012 is now a changedperson, leading a prison ministry, his aim is also to lead a power crusade to rid the Lagos Island of criminals and miscreants who daily make life unbearable for people in the central business district of the commercial capital of country. A statement by the pastor in charge of the Lagos branch of Word of Life Bible Church, Lagos, Pastor Segun Braimoh, said the Lagos Island Power Crusade with the theme: “Divine Visitation”, is scheduled for August 2-4, 2012 and it will hold at the popular Oluwole Park, a reclaimed area of Lagos erstwhile regarded as the centre for forging all kinds of documents. According to Braimoh, Evangelist Shina Rambo, whose real name is Omokenwa , has agreed to share his testimony of conversion at thethree-day event and preach the undiluted Word of God with a view to winning the souls of the area boys in Lagos Island for Christ and enthrone a regime of peace in the area. Coincidentally, the main preacher at the crusade is a retired police officer, ASP Udeh Sunday, who at one time was in charge at Robbery Squad in Lagos and there will be two special prayer sessions for Lagos State and businesses in the state. He will be joined by the host, Braimoh, whilethe TLC Praise Choir will minister. Braimoh confirmed that the Oba of Lagos plans to send delegates from the palace. In a telephone conversation yesterday, the former robbery kingpin, who claimed that his father hailed from Abeokuta, Ogun State, while his mother was from Sabongida-Ora, Edo State where he was raised and recruited into criminal activities. Rambo reminded that after terrorising the South west in 1990s, he gave himself up to the police, convicted and was released from prison after serving11 years at Agodi Prison, Ibadan. According to him, he met the Lordmiraculously through a chance encounter in prison with Prophet T.O Obadare and since then his life had not remained the same, and had a prison ministration. In a recent interview, he advised the Federal Government to tap from the “wealth of experience ofpeople like us who can decode a lot of knotty issues as regards how to curb the menace of armedrobbery. Some of those inside the prison are not supposed to be there. By the time they are out, they become hardened criminals.” He therefore prayed that God will make things work in this country , “If He could locate me from thepit of darkness where I sojourned, and now in Christ, He will deliver the country from badleaders who make things difficult for the masses, he added.”