Afro Juju music superstar, Sir Shina Peters, has been ordained a bishop of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church.
He was ordained at a ceremony in a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Iju area of Lagos on Saturday.
He shared a video and photo of his ordination on his Instagram handle on Sunday with the caption, ‘‘Bishop with the swagger. God above all.”
Also on his Facebook page, the ace singer wrote: “To God be the glory. I will serve my God till the end’’.
On his own, Ovation International magazine publisher Dele Momodu wrote: ‘‘Congratulations Bishop Isaac Oluwashina Akanbi Peters. Ore mi pataki pataki. A ti ko esu ati gbogbo ise buruku owo re sile (My very very dear friend. We have rejected the devil and all his evil works)”.
Peter’s most recent music was a collaboration with Teni on her hit, ‘Jo’, released in December 2020.
Born Oluwashina Akanni Peters in Ogun State, his career in music began at a young age when he played with friends under the handle Olushina and His Twelve Fantastic Brothers. While playing with his friends, he taught himself how to play the piano and later joined juju music maestro Ebenezer Obey’s band.
He later left Obey’s band and joined General Prince Adekunle’s band as a guitar player. Adekunle’s band played in hotels such as Western Hotel, Palm Beach Hotel and Executive Hotel. When Adekunle was ill, Peters sometimes acted as lead singer. He left Adekunle to form Shina Adewale Superstars, a band with Juju Maestro Segun Adewale.
However, the duo soon split. Shina Peters, after releasing many albums with Segun Adewale through the 1980s, went on to form his own band, “Sir Shina Peters & His International Stars”.
Peters was an actor in ‘Money Power’, a movie produced by Ola Balogun. He met and started a relationship with the actress Clarion Chukwura at this time. The couple has a son, Clarence Peters.
Sir Shina Peters and his International Stars released his first album Ace (Afro-Juju Series 1) in 1989. The album, which was released under CBS Records of Nigeria, went double platinum. “Ace,” produced by Laolu Akins, is a musical fusion between Juju and Afrobeat. Afro juju musical style mixes fast percussive beat with the use of electronic keyboards, saxophone and guitar.
Some of the lyrics in the album especially in ‘Ijo Shina’ were quite racy for the period. The album went on to garner awards for Peters including the artist and album of the Year at the Nigerian Musical Awards.
He followed ‘Ace’ with ‘Shinamania’. The album had singles such as ‘Oluwa Yo Pese’, ‘Omo Bo’ and ‘Give Our Women Chance’.
SSP, as he is fondly called, released his debut album as a solo musician, Ace (Afro-Juju Series 1), in 1989.
The album went double platinum and was the career breakthrough that made him a household name in the music industry.
‘Shinamania’ produced by Laolu Akins was released in 1991, winning three awards at once with a Platinum Disc for selling more than 250,000 copies.
SSP currently has 16 album releases to his credit.
