Newly Born-again Actress, Evang. Tonto Dikeh Dragged To Court By Human Rights Lawyer Over Alleged ‘Exorcism’ Of Schoolgirl In ₦200million Suit.
Newly Born-again Actress, Evang. Tonto Dikeh Dragged To Court By Human Rights Lawyer Over Alleged ‘Exorcism’ Of Schoolgirl In ₦200million Suit.
A human rights lawyer, Ikechukwu Obasi, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, against Nollywood actress and self-acclaimed evangelist, Tonto Dikeh, accusing her of violating the rights of a female school child during what is described as a “vicious religious deliverance ritual.”
The suit, filed pursuant to the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009, seeks several declarations and orders against Dikeh, including ₦200 million in damages for alleged violations of the child’s rights to dignity and privacy.
Obasi filed the suit on behalf of the minor, a Junior Secondary School 1 student of Junior Secondary School, Durumi II, Abuja, who is originally from Rivers State.
