Nollywood actress, humanitarian, and politician Tonto Dikeh recently stood before a congregation at Streams of Joy International Church during the widely followed New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD) service led by Pastor Jerry Eze, and shared what many are calling one of her most honest and vulnerable testimonies yet. In a powerful declaration of faith and healing, she opened up about a lifetime of struggles that she says have finally been broken through divine intervention and persistent prayer.
Tonto began her testimony by recounting how her life was shaped by early exposure to harmful habits. She revealed that she started smoking at the age of 13, a practice she continued for about 27 years. She traced the origin of this habit back to her home environment, admitting her father was a smoker and warning parents about how seemingly small behaviors can deeply influence children. Today, she says, her body no longer asks for cigarettes and actively repels them — a change she attributes to prayer and spiritual intervention.
But her testimony didn’t stop with smoking. Tonto also spoke candidly about her struggles with alcohol addiction, revealing that she once drank heavily, often alone, and that the cycle of drinking was something she ultimately had to surrender to God to break.
Perhaps most striking were her remarks about personal battles with masturbation and recurring sexual dreams that she described as tormenting her since childhood. She said this was something she had lived with for years and only found freedom from it after deep spiritual warfare, noting a particular shift following her attendance at a prayer conference in Ghana where she felt what she described as oppressive forces leave her life.
Tonto didn’t shy away from discussing the emotional and relational toll her struggles took on her life. She spoke about living with what she called “demonic anger” — a lingering rage that affected her behavior, relationships, and inner peace for most of her life. According to her, that anger was destructive and affected everyone around her until through consistent prayer and spiritual focus, she experienced an inner peace she says she had never known before.
Throughout her testimony, Tonto reflected on her fears about going public with such intimate details. She admitted that she almost backed out of sharing her story because of concerns about her public image, but ultimately decided that honesty — and giving glory to God for her transformation — mattered more than protecting a crafted persona. “The God that gave me the image is the same God that can take it away,” she said, underscoring a shift from image preservation to heartfelt testimony.
In closing, the actress described herself as 40 years old and finally living in peace, something she had never truly known until recently. During the service, Pastor Jerry Eze prayed over her, declaring that the body of sin was broken and referring to her as a voice in her generation.
Tonto’s testimony has since resonated across social media, with many applauding her vulnerability and others engaging in broader conversations about faith, healing, and the complexity of personal transformation. Whether one views her story through a spiritual, psychological, or cultural lens, it undeniably marks a deeply personal moment in her life and ministry journey; one she felt compelled to share not for acclaim, but for hope and encouragement to others who might be fighting their own battles.
