Did you hear about professor peller while growing up in the 90s? If you are conversant with south west Nigeria, you would know the echoe and roaring of professor peller (Nickname) with his unbelievable magic tricks.

Enjoy the write up put together by Ronuspirit[i][/i]

This famous Magician was born in 1941 at Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria and he was named Moshood Folorunsho Abiola. He would later pick on the stage name of ‘Professor Peller’, an appellation that has stuck to him like a second skin.

He is the father of Shina Peller the popular socialite.

When Professor Peller was alive, he was the most brilliant magician in all of Africa. Even in death, Peller remains the greatest of all. He performed not only before princes but also held kings spellbound with his magic.

That was how Femi Oyebode, a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham described Peller and one of his shows in 1972 at the George V Stadium in Lagos.

He was a perfect picture of debonair gentleman and was assisted by an attractive young woman. He flicked his white handkerchief and a white dove flew out. He pulled at his cuff links and flowers bloomed under his command. He was confident, majestic. He was suave and graceful.


His biggest ever trick was when he levitated his assistant who was also his wife and cut her in two without drawing blood. He locked her in a cupboard, chained up several times over yet she disappeared!

It was a masterful performance. The crowd clapped, hooped and loudly cheered. We were seduced against our better judgment, and believed that the trick was real.

He was a prolific and magnificent magician with many shows, some of which were the Invisible General, the Escaping Box, Changing Dresses and the Zigzag. One thing with Peller’s performances is that they were executed with maximum finesse and accuracy.

The life of this great magician was cut short prematurely due to an assassination attempt on his life that was successful. His wife Alhaja Silifat Adeboyin Peller, as she is currently known as, in an interview with BBC News Yoruba she said that it was the questions that were asked to late Professor Peller that led to his downfall. It was in an interview that he was asked when he could ever be found without his charms and he answered that when he observed prayers, he was charmless and that was the information that was banked on to carry out his assassination attempt. The story told us that the people who were sent to assassinate him, greatly capitalized on his weak point, waited till he was ready to observe prayer noon prayer and execute him at the sport. No one knew the motive for the brutal killing at the time. Just the mere sayings and speculations.

This is how the mighty ones are fallen in a very light and meaningless way.


As he was loved widely that was the same way he was envied by many and that envy was what led to his death. Nevertheless magic in Africa cannot be spoken about without mentioning professor Peller and that in itself is a glorious life well lived.

Unfortunately, social media was not that prevailing back then to further trend him for us all to see. He started his performance at the grassroot, at the communities, occasions and for the kings.

Master of illusion, even as of then some folks are jealousy of his magical prowess. Enemies been lurking around like they did to Samson as of Old.

In life learned to keep what ever makes you great discreet.
Keep resting Prof. Peller

I tot Nike peller is his daughter?

Olowo idan gangan

SIXTEENTH:
Master of illusion, even as of then some folks are jealousy of his magical prowess. Enemies been lurking around like they did to Samson as of Old.

In life learned to keep what ever makes you great discreet.
Keep resting Prof. Peller

My brother. No one is infallible but people gets betrayed since the time of Adam.

muyico:
I tot Nike peller is his daughter?

Yes, that's correct. Nike peller is also widely know due to her social life style

Prof Peller. He has a house each somewhere in Onipanu and Bodija.

The question I always ask regarding that particular,putative magic he performed is: was there blood when the woman was supposedly cut into two? If not, then forget about the authenticity of the notorious magical act.

Moniya4Real:
The question I always ask regarding that particular,putative magic he performed is: was there blood when the woman was supposedly cut into two? If not, then forget about the authenticity of the notorious magical act.

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Lol, of course one should be curious about that too. As a matter of fact, I wondered that too, but magics and tricks are all about illusionist beyond one's imaginations at times.

Some assumed he got his power and tricks from India then.