Shina Abiola Peller (born 14 May 1976) is a

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, and a Member of the 9th National Assembly. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Aquila Group of Companies and Club Quilox. Shina Peller holds both the chieftaincies titles of Ayedero of Yoruba land and Akinrogun of Epe land,

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Background

Shina Abiola Peller is the son of Alhaja Silifat and Professor Moshood Abiola Peller. He grew up in a

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home. He traces his origins to

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in South-Western Nigeria. He studied Chemical Engineering at

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) is a public research institution located in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The university enrolls over 30,000 students and employs more than 3,000 workers including contract staff. History In 1 ...

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, Nigeria, where he obtained his first degree in 2002. Subsequently, he obtained a master's degree in Business Management also from

in 2013. He served in

Abia State Abia is a state in the Southeastern region of Nigeria. The state's capital is Umuahia and its most populous city is Aba. Abia is bordered the west by Imo, east by Cross River, south by Rivers, northwest by Anambra and northeast by Enug ...

in 2003 to fulfill the mandatory one-year service of

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(NYSC) required of all Nigerian graduates.

Political career

Peller is a member of the

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(APC), 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

. 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

(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. He is currently running for the

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under the umbrella of Accord Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peller, Shina Living people 1976 births All Progressives Congress politicians Yoruba politicians Nigerian chief executives Ladoke Akintola University of Technology alumni Members of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria) Accord (Nigeria) politicians