We competed with APC and PDP, so the only thing we had to do then was to look for the best candidate out of the APC and PDP and find a way of forming a coalition.
The score was 570 to five votes.
While there are calls for me to run for the senate others say I should throw my hat into the presidency ring,” Mr Peller said in a tweet.
The lawmaker urged Nigerians to “work collectively with everybody that is interested in building a new” country.
“It is time Nigerian youths took the responsibility for rebuilding this nation,” Mr Peller, son of a famous Ibadan magician, Professor Peller, had declared.
“If everybody takes leadership responsibilities seriously at every level, then we will be able to build a safe and progressive country.”
Mr Peller, a federal lawmaker, said the next Nigerian presidency must be based on a strong institution rather than personality.
Senators, House members and federal officials are also amongst those considered unworthy of police protection.
