Nike Peller, daughter of the late magician Professor Peller, has recounted how her father was allegedly murdered by suspected assassins while performing Muslim prayers at his home.
Speaking during an interview on Oyinmono TV, Nike disclosed that the attackers struck while her father was praying upstairs in their residence.
“He was having his Muslim prayers upstairs when his killers came in and caught him while he was still praying,” she said.
“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.”
Professor Peller, born Folorunsho Abiola, was assassinated on August 2, 1997.
Nike also revealed how the family identified those behind the killing. She said they later traced the suspected perpetrators, adding that none of them 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.”