A human rights lawyer, Ikechukwu Obasi, has filed a N200 million lawsuit against Nigerian actress Tonto Dikeh over an alleged deliverance session conducted on a schoolgirl within school premises.
The suit, filed at the High Court in Abuja, was instituted on behalf of a Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) student from Rivers State.
According to Obasi, the teenage girl was subjected to what he described as a harmful religious ritual during the actress’s visit to a secondary school in Durumi II, Abuja. He stated that a video of the incident was later circulated online.
The lawyer argued that sharing the footage without the consent of the minor violated her right to privacy as guaranteed under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Child Rights Act 2003.
In the suit, Obasi is asking the court to award N200 million in damages, compel a public apology from the actress, and order the removal of the video from all social media platforms.
He also urged the court to declare that the act constituted a violation of the girl’s constitutional rights to dignity and personal privacy.
Nigerian Newssphere recalls that Dikeh had recently posted a video on social media showing her carrying out what she described as a spiritual deliverance on a schoolgirl during a visit to a secondary school in Durumi II, Abuja.
