(singing), How can you solve a problem like a Tonto? How can you take a flame and cool it down?
Well if ever there was ever a diva whose got the world ever engaged, it’s Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh. She’s been called the mistress of distress, the muse of abuse, the tartan of torture, the lady of malady, the damsel of damage, and the paragon of disparage. Add all of that to her knack for online vendetta (Burna Boy hello?), and we can call her the controversial of Valkyrie of Vendetta.
Well, she’s back again with the proverbial middle finger, daring the elements to do their worse. Recently she’s caught us all unaware, making innuendos about her past suicidal tendency. The lady took to social media, and came up with something for us all;
WokeUp happy n decided to share diz***I’ve bin here b4 n I can tell u we stronger Dan our problemz/painz/Etc**That day I realized SUICIDE iz for COWARDZ**if u’ve gat no1 to talk to like mii I suggezt u strt wit GOD,diz shitzzzz crazy(world) but it iz Ourz dnt leave it in SHAME,ILOVEU
And she goes further. Once upon a time, some weeks back, actually, Tonto drew cautionary stares from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), who weren’t exactly enamoured by her public display of Marijuana, a regulated substance of abuse. But the diva is smug on the issue, and she says the NDLEA didn’t make good of their threat to sue her. Speaking to The Nation Glamour, she gushed on the topic, and we’ve got you excerpts below.
AS much as you have not denied posting the Marijuana pictures on Instagram most people seem not to believe the story; did you deny posting those pictures on Instagram because of the arrest threat by NDLEA?
No! I didn’t deny posting those pictures on Instagram because of the supposed threat of arrest by the NDLEA. I still have my Twitter and Instagram accounts and I will not delete or hide anything from anybody because I have nothing to hide. Anybody that wants to make any findings can access my accounts and view what they want to.
Were you shaken by the arrest threat by NDLEA?
I was never shaken by the threat from the NDLEA because I don’t think I committed any crime. I posted the picture with a different caption but an impostor with a different account used the same picture with another caption. That person has an account with my name and if you go through facebook or even Twitter you’ll discover that most celebrities have more than one account. I was not shaken or threatened in anyway because I know I didn’t do anything wrong.
Have you been contacted thus far by officials of NDLEA?
I haven’t been contacted by anyone from the NDLEA and it would be a shame if they contacted me.
Was your Instagram account compromised?
My Instagram account was not compromised; I have an account on Instagram, when you are not verified because you have other accounts set up with your name by other people, then unsuspecting people may not know which account is the real one. When that picture was posted, it started trending because people who posted it did not care to verify whether the account was originally mine. Thereafter, I received a lot of backlash from the press; and everyone believed the story hook-line-and- sinker simply because it is Tonto Dikeh.
What do you think of Tonto Dikeh’s revelation and the heavy criticism celebrities face from fans?