Nike Peller, daughter of the late Nigerian magician Professor Peller, has revealed how suspected assassins killed her father while he observed Muslim prayers at his home in 1997.
In an appearance on Oyinmono TV, Nike said the attackers found her father praying upstairs in his residence.
“He was having his Muslim prayers upstairs when his killers came in and caught him while he was still praying,” she said.
She questioned how her father could have prepared to defend himself while praying, adding that he had no reason to expect an attack.
“He can’t be praying and at the same time be all prepared for war when he is not planning to go into a war with God.”
Nike speaks on father’s suspected killers
Nike also recounted how the family traced the people they suspected of carrying out the killing.
She said none of the suspected perpetrators was still alive.
“We suspect that his killers were assassins. None of them is currently alive anyway,” she said.
“You know, there is an adage that says ‘Don’t do is the drug for don’t know.’ So where the whole issue emanated from, we traced it, and none of them is alive again.”
Who was Professor Peller?
Professor Peller, whose real name was Folorunsho Abiola, died on August 2, 1997.
He attended Moslem School and Native Authority Primary School in Iseyin, Oyo State. He began performing illusion tricks in 1954, travelling to Ibadan, Lagos and Oyo for shows.
In 1959, he left magic and became a representative of G.B.O. before moving into trading.
However, he maintained his interest in magic. In 1964, he travelled to India to study at a school of magical arts.
He spent 18 months at the institution before settling in Liberia. In 1966, he held his first show after training at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos.
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