Actress and politician Tonto Dikeh has shared a deeply personal testimony, revealing how she was delivered from decades-long struggles with smoking, alcohol addiction, masturbation, recurring sexual dreams, and uncontrollable anger.
The 40-year-old Nollywood star made the revelation during a service at Streams of Joy International Church, led by Pastor Jerry Eze, founder of the popular New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD) ministry.
Speaking before the congregation, Dikeh disclosed that she began smoking at the age of 13, a habit she said lasted for 27 years after being introduced to it in her home. She used her experience to caution parents about the lasting impact their actions can have on their children.
“I started smoking because my dad was a smoker. Something as little as that habit can inhabit the lives of your children,” she said, adding that she now feels completely freed from the addiction. “My body does not ask for it. My body is repelling it. Today, it is broken.”
The actress went on to recount her struggles with alcohol, chronic masturbation, and recurring sexual dreams, which she described as spiritual oppression that had followed her since childhood. She also spoke about what she termed “demonic anger,” admitting it caused significant damage to her life and relationships.
“I struggled with an anger that destroyed my life. Everybody had to feel it,” she said. “But praying with NSPPD, God took all of those away and gave me peace.”
Dikeh identified a major turning point during the NSPPD Ghana Prayer Conference, where she said the force that had troubled her dreams for years finally disappeared. “I realised that the weak man who held me captive all my years in my dream ran away,” she testified.
Now at 40, the actress said she is experiencing true peace for the first time in her life, noting that her body no longer craves cigarettes. “I am 40 years old, and I can tell you I have never known peace until now. I am living in it,” she said.
Dikeh also revealed that she initially hesitated to share her story out of fear of damaging her public image but ultimately chose honesty as an act of faith.
“The devil tried to tell me that I was supposed to protect my image,” she concluded. “But I told myself, what image? The God that gave me the image is the same God that can take it away.”
Her testimony has since sparked widespread reactions online, with many praising her openness and courage.
