Africa most popular show-biz
magician, was born in 1941 at
Iseyin, present day Oyo state and
was named Moshood
Folorunsho Abiola. However, ha
later pick on the stage name
Professor Peller.
He was described as a very
romantic man. His most prominent
wife, Alhaja Silifat, fell in love with
him while she was still in the
secondary school. She confessed
that she had always admired him
and his performances even before
then and each time she watched
him perform, her heart fluttered
with affection for the fine magician
with tribal marks.
In 1967, Iseyin Grammar School in
Oyo State became the place where
Peller planted the seed of love
even if he was there to perform
but was carried away by the
ravishing young beauty in the
crowd called Silifat. Hear her: “I
am sure he musthave been
attracted to me because of my
beauty. So, he just whispered to
me: ‘Baby, you are beautiful.’ And
I said, ‘Thank you.’ He didn’t ask
me out that day. For quite a long
time, we were friends.” For a
couple of years more, they
continued dating and Lady Peller
said after two years, she said yes
to his advances. They got married
in 1971 and they already had a
child by then.
For a man who was a showstopper
at any events, it is no surprise that
not a few women fell for the
enchanting spell of Nigeria’s most
famous magician. He was a man
of many women and married many
of them. However, the best known
of these ladies, with whom he
performed his magic tricks is
Alhaja Silifat Adeboyin Peller
The whole of Nigeria knew her as
Lady Peller and she is most
famous for the act in which she
was ‘sliced’ into pieces by Peller
and had a hard time putting her
back. Now 66 years of age with
her husband gone and not
remarrying, she is tending to her
grandchildren while reminiscing
over the glittering wonders of an
empire of magic that once held
sway. Lady Peller was born in
Kishi, Oyo State where her father
was the Chief Imam and had five
children for him, while also raising
many other step-children.
However, unknown to many, their
rosy marriage later had a deep
crack to the extent that they were
not staying together anymore.
When Peller was killed at his
Onipanu residence, he was in
Lagos State for a function while
Lady Peller was living at the GRA,
Ikeja. Although they were not
officially separated as they still
saw regularly, Peller checked on
her in Ikeja but met her absence.
As at that time, they had already
reconciled and were even
planning on coming back together
before Peller was prematurely
silenced by the assassin’s bullets.
Peller left a message for her to
check on him as he was not
feeling well and was rushed to
Ibadan for treatment. Lady Peller
was furious as to why he was
taken to Ibadan since they had
family doctors at the Ajayi
Memorial Hospital and the EKO
Hospital in Lagos but upon getting
to Ibadan, she was simply told that
Peller was dead. She fainted
immediately only to wake up to a
bucket of water and intense
fanning by family members. She
said: “It was a great shock and I
had never seen that kind of
things. I don’t ever wish to go
through that land of thing again.”
While he was alive, he also taught
her some magic and ensured she
got some training in Michigan,
USA. Little wonder they always
performed together and as far as
she is concerned, her religion is
not against the brand of magic
she performed with her late
husband because according to
her, ‘it was not fetish’. She still
remembers the very good old days
and says she will not remarry and
will still marry him over and over
again, rounding off: They only
want to enjoy what Professor
Peller was enjoying for several
years. But they can’t have it.”
Source: .com

And to imagine Nigeria has never produced another stage magician since this man...

Professor Peller

Silifat.... what a cute name


I suggest his story be made into a movie.

I see.. nice to know that we once had a great contemporary magician.

Whatever power this man worked with had something to do with the type used among the whites. His magical acts and dressing are not African.

He was the best show biz magician Nigeria ever had, but started having problems with some elites in the society when peller began using the same Magic to scam people seeking spiritual assistance and fast money rituals from him