Professor Peller
{{short description|Nigerian stage magician}}
Professor Moshood Abiola Peller (1941, in Iseyin – 2 August 1997, in Onipanu) was a Nigerian magician and one of Africa's most renowned magicians.{{cite web|url=http://www.nigeriadailynews.news/news/195209-magicians-use-occultic-power-to-perform-miracles-prof-peller%E2%80%99s-son.html|title=Magicians Use Occultic Power To Perform Miracles - Prof Peller's Son|work=Nigeria daily news|accessdate=27 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/06/like-father-like-son-pellers-son-speaks/|title=Like father like son Peller's son speaks|date=June 5, 2010|accessdate=January 27, 2016|work=Vanguard (Nigeria)|first1=Ognanna|last1=Amadi|first2=Ben|last2=Njoku|first3=Bridget|last3=Amaraegbu|first4=Loloa|last4=Sowolu}}{{citation|title=People in the News, 1900-1999: A Survey of Nigerians of the 20th Century|author=Bayo Onanuga|page=483|publisher=Independent Communications Network Limited|year=2000|isbn=9789783228405|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MZtAAAAMAAJ&q=Professor+Peller}}
Life
Born Folorunsho Abiola, Peller attended Moslem School, Iseyin and Native Authority Primary School, Iseyin. He started performing illusion tricks in 1954 travelling to Ibadan, Lagos and Oyo for performance. In 1959, he changed occupation and began work as a representative of G.B.O. and later moved into trading. His interest in illusion continued and in 1964, he attended a school of magical arts in India, he spent 18 months at the school and after completion, settled in Liberia. In 1966, he had his first post-training show at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. He was later assassinated in 1997.{{cite magazine |last=Momoh |first=Tony |date=April 1969 |title=Meet Professor Peller|magazine=Spear |location=Lagos |publisher=Daily Times }}
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