Actress Tonto Dikeh is certainly not
taking things kindly with what she
considers "fake news".
She took a swipe at blogger Linda Ikeji after Linda posted a Facebook comment on her blog that was reportedly from Dikeh.
Tonto Dikeh has now revealed that the Facebook account is fake. She also lashes out at the blogger.
See her posts to Linda below;
It's no longer news that this delectable blogger has suffered a fate most girls in her shoes would have remained distablized for the rest of their life.... She
was genitally mutilated at such a tender age of three. What is her own stake in the issue that she experienced Female Genital Mutilation we only hear of from a
distance. Before you read her open and honest interview, let's briefly look at the the definition of female circumcision...
.Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision or female genital cutting, is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as "all
procedures involving partial or total
removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons".
It is estimated that approximately
100-140 million African women havebundergone FGM worldwide and each year, a further 3 million girls are estimated to
be at risk of the practice in Africa alone.
The procedure is traditionally carried out by an older woman with no medical training. Anaesthetics and antiseptic
treatment are not generally used and the practice is usually carried out using basic tools such as knives, scissors, scalpels, pieces of glass and razor blades. Often
iodine or a mixture of herbs is placed on the wound to
Read a part of Linda's interview below..
How old are you?
33
Any regular reader of your blog would know some things about you which most people would call personal.
As one of them, I know you are single and searching. Why do you share such personal details with your readers?
Everybody knows I’m single. I’m always saying it, I’m desperate.
That is not private, that is something I can share with anybody. It’s like saying ifbyou were raped then keep quiet. A lot of women would keep quiet but I won't keep quiet, that is how I am. I don't know how to keep such things to myself, I have to say it. I feel like you have one life to live, why would you go to your grave with all those kind of information.
When were you circumcised?
I don’t know. I was circumcised as a baby that is all.
I was Circumcised. Me and all my five sisters. When I said this on my 'Faking it', post, people lauded my courage for openly admitting to being circumcised.
Then I started wondering if it's something to be ashamed of?
I've heard all kinds of negative things being said about female genital mutilation, but I've never paid much attention to it. Why?
Because it was done to me...and my sisters...so thinking about how callous and wicked it is to cut a female's genital part, is thinking my parents are wicked and callous. Two people I love most in the world.
I first heard about FGM in secondary school when some girls were discussing sex. I remember vividly a particular classmate saying circumcised girls don't enjoy sex, circumcision means your ability to enjoy sex has been cut off. I reflected at that moment and remembered that someone, maybe my older sister, once told me we were all circumcised.
The thought of never enjoying sex was so horrific to me that I went out of my way to discover the truth about circumcision.
I asked around and one trusted older relation told me the theory was baseless as she was circumcised and enjoyed sex. I heaved a sigh of relief and never thought about it again.
I remember asking my mum why she circumcised us and she said circumcision was to stop girls from being promiscuous.
When I really think of it, my mum didn't particularly believe in it, but when you have a kid in the village, the family do what they think is necessary for/to the child. I think my mum didn't have a say about the circumcision being done to all her girls, it was the norm then, so she must have just played along.
Don’t you think making such
information public would turn off your prospective suitors?
Who cares. If it turns them off then they are not the people meant for me.
The person that is meant for me would be turned on by it.
Well done girl, I respect your honesty.
Pls do they still do this barbaric act,
female circumcision in the world of today?
Linda Ikeji , one of Africa’s biggest popular Ace blogger was born today September 19, 33 years ago. Happy birthday to her.
Linda Ikeji was born September 19,
1980 . A native of Nkwerre LGA ,Imo
State, Nigeria .She was born in to a
struggling family, the second of seven children. She grew up in a Christian catholic home .
Wishing her many more successful
years ahead.
Linda at a friends wedding yesterday,
Linda said this is the second wedding she is attending in 8 years, now I'm scared...
This is his statement release:
As a Social Media Marketer, I come across several clients who need to get Nigerian blogs, and news sites to review their products and services, which I never hesitate to direct them to eiher Nairaland or Bella Naija as the most effective websites for getting the highest click - through rates, and most honest comments.
Some clients prefer to get on gossip sites like Naij.com or Linda Ikeji Blog despite my reservations and reasons. Naij has recently made themselves popular for using Russian hackers to redirect Etisalat subscribers to their homepage at some point, and Linda Ikeji is known amongst bloggers for her horde of hired hands, using multiple identities, and devices to post dozens of comments and spark irrelevant arguments, not forgetting her vicious fabrications euphemised as idle gossip.
A Port Harcourt based artiste, M-Kaze, recently consulted with Bar Baric Entertainment for promotional services, for which among several bloggers and micro-bloggers, his label chose Linda Ikeji.
All the bloggers sent invoices and we're pre-paid. By 9:41am on the next day, Tuesday, 18th June, 2013, Linda Ikeji was paid N50,000 (FiftyThousand Naira) in
line with her quotation, which indicated that the AD would be posted in 48 hours
Aside from the fact that Linda Ikeji Blog could not accept a brief from which they were supposed to write their own unique story, but requested a full pre-written press release, things really started getting awry when by Thursday evening, the client called to complain that their AD had not been posted.
All avenues were employed in getting in touch with Linda Ikeji, and her staff, yet to no avail. Eventually, she was sighted on Twitter tweeting links from her blog, and a tweet was sent to her demanding the AD be set up immediately. Instantly, we received a call promising that the press release on M-Kaze would be posted “first thing tomorrow morning” (Friday).
On Saturday, at noon, another call was placed to the Linda Ikeji team, after the advertorial had not showed up the entire morning. They claimed they were having difficulties posting the link to M-Kaze video. Knowing quite well that the same link had been posted by more than 15 other blogs, yet eager to avoid debates which would further delay the promotion, the root URL to the video was provided within the hour. Still, same link was still being requested over, and over again, via various channels, till 5pm on Sunday. At that point, we had to specifically request that the AD was not posted on a Sunday, since Sundays had the least Internet activity. They agreed, claiming we’d see our dvert on Monday.
All this while, I was dealing with tens ofbcalls of lamentations, and threats of contract termination from my clients, most of the calls I made to the Linda Ikeji contact number were either cut off, or unanswered. When eventually, I would contact them via text or Twitter with a strongly worded message, they’d give me a very brief call, claiming they’ve been driving, and making more promises for “first thing tomorrow morning” again. I began to visualize Linda Ikeji and her staff akin to Dangote truck drivers.
By Monday night, everyone had become fed up with the routine of the Linda Ikeji “first thing tomorrow” antic.
The AMA Sound CEO who had never called me directly, did so at this time, requesting that the article be withdrawn and our payment be refunded. A text message was sent again to Linda Ikeji after which her which a call was put through to us for consolation, but after hearing that we were inconsolable, they agreed to make the refund, again, “first thing tomorrow morning”. They even sent us a text message urging us to collect the money physically, like though we could just walk into our computer, unto Linda Ikeji blogspot.
Even though there was no refund made to our account first thing in the morning of Tuesday 25th, 2013, as usual, the surprise however, was that no payment was made at all, even by 4pm. This time and around, a call to Linda Ikeji was not taken lightly, as the receiver of the call made it clear she was not the person, Linda Ikeji, but the Business Manager of the blog, and that she had better things to do than repaying our monkey. Going ahead to use several expletives in referring to us.
Wednesday, still no refund, yet an
additional feature now was a claim that our N50,000 had been refunded.
On Thursday, 27th June, I had made clear that this incidence of Advance Fee Fraud would be first reported to GTBank, then the EFCC, and finally, the Police. Several threats and insults were hurled from the Linda Ikeji camp.
Linda Ikeji herself who had come in direct contact with the client, AMA Sound, and made a claim that no money was ever paid into her account regarding their promo. Instantly, she effected the transfer (5:04pm, Thursday, 27th June, 2013 ).
The purpose of publishing this incidence is primarily to make a call to all upcoming artistes and entrepreneurs who have fallen for this Linda Ikeji Promo Fraud to come forward. Obviously, threats have been made to them but with the necessary courage, they will be
recompensed. Secondly, I want to make it absolutely clear to everyone who may be mutual acquaintances to myself and the culprit, that for making me lose such a valuable client, I’m suing herself, and her entire establishment for breach of contract, and seeking punitive damaged against Linda Ikeji, and the Linda Ikeji
Blog.
Nejeeb Bello
CEO
Bar Baric Media
