Uche Elendu Defends Tonto Dikeh Amid Schoolgirl Exorcism Controversy

Nollywood actress Uche Elendu has come out to defend Tonto Dikeh after a deliverance session with a minor sparked outrage on the internet. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, the girl was the one who approached Tonto Dikeh for deliverance, and during the prayer session, the minor eventually fell under anointing.

Elendu added that the actress was in her car when the girl and her friends approached her to share a disturbing dream about bats.

Her words, “It was the girl that approached her requesting prayers. Tonto didn’t force her to fall, it was the anointing.

I’m a woman of God, I won’t do anything without the Holy Spirit’s direction. If He leads me to start a ministry, I will.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.