Shina Peller

Shina Abiola Peller is the son of Alhaja Silifat and Professor Moshood Abiola Peller.^[3] He grew up in a Muslim home. He traces his origins to Iseyin, Oyo State in South-Western Nigeria. He studied Chemical Engineering at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Nigeria, where he obtained his first degree in 2002.^[4] Subsequently, he obtained a master's degree in Business Management also from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in 2013. He served in Abia State in 2003 to fulfill the mandatory one-year service of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) required of all Nigerian graduates.^[5]

Peller is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC),^[6] and declared his intention to contest under the platform of the All Progressives Congress as a member of the Federal House of Representative representing the Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/Kajola Federal Constituency in Oyo State.^[7][8][9]

On 5 October 2018, Shina Peller won the primary election for House of Representatives candidate for lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal constituency on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2019 Nigeria General election and won the seat. He won the seat for House of Representatives in his constituency on 23 February 2019 but lost his election to return as a senator.^[10][11] He is currently running for the Nigerian Senate under the umbrella of Accord Party.^[12]