Tonto Dikeh Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Personal life== Tonto Dikeh was born into a family of seven and is the third of five children. Her family is from [[Obio-Akpor]], a LGA in [[Rivers State]], south-south Nigeria and is of [[Ikwerre people|Ikwerre]] descent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.naij.com/tag/tonto_dikeh.html|title=Tonto Dikeh|newspaper=Naij.com β Nigeria news.|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://howng.com/actress-tonto-dikeh-full-biography-life-and-news/|title=Actress Tonto Dikeh Full Biography Life And News β How Nigeria|date=29 September 2015|newspaper=How Nigeria|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref> At age 3, she lost her mother and was raised by her step-mother, who has two children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mjemagazine.com/photos-tonto-dikeh-shares-late-mum-step-mother-dad/#comments|title=Photos β Tonto Dikeh Shares Late Mum, Step Mother & Dad|website=MJ Celebrity Magazine|access-date=24 October 2016}}.</ref> Dikeh studied [[petrochemical]] [[engineering]] at [[Rivers State University of Science and Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-20 |title=Ten things you may not know about Tonto Dikeh - Premium Times Nigeria |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/104320-ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-tonto-dikeh.html,%20https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/104320-ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-tonto-dikeh.html |access-date=2022-06-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In September 2021, Tonto Dikeh's ex-fiancΓ©, Prince Joseph Kpokpogri, sued her and the Department of State Security (DSS) to court for allegedly threatening his fundamental human rights.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tonto Dikeh's estranged lover, Prince Kpokpogri drags DSS, actress to court over threat to fundamental rights |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/09/tonto-dikehs-estranged-lover-prince-kpokpogri-drags-dss-actress-to-court-over-threat-to-fundamental-rights/|publisher=TonyGutsy |access-date=16 October 2021 |date=22 September 2021}}</ref> Kpokpogri said he left Tonto because of her hard smoking and bad drinking habit.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-23|title=Your hard smoking and heavy drinking made us break-up, Kpokpogri claps back at Tonto Dikeh|url=https://punchng.com/your-hard-smoking-and-heavy-drinking-made-us-break-up-kpokpogri-claps-back-at-tonto-dikeh/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page