By Kehinde Okeowo
The drama unfolding between Nollywood actress, Tonto Dike and her ex-lover, Prince Kpokpogri Joseph, has taken a messier dimension.
They recently parted ways due to accusation of infidelity, and the two ex-lovers have been at each other’s jugular ever since the break up, making claims and counter claims.
In a petition now on social media, the actress petitioned the commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, and allegedly accused her ex-lover, Prince Kpokpogri Joseph, of blackmail.
In the petition to the police through her lawyer, Festus Keyamo, the popular actress, alleged that her ex-lover is a serial blackmailer who now intends to leak her nude pictures online. She also stated that he is indebted to her to the tune of N2m and in possession of her Toyota Hilux van.
“In June 2021, one Prince Kpokpogri Joseph started to court our client with a proposal to marry her. In the process, he would invite our client to his residence and sometimes he came over to our client’s residence. Unknown to our client, the said Joseph Kpokpogri had other motives for courting our client.
“Our client now has reasons and evidence to believe that Joseph Kpokpogri had planted closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV cameras) at private areas of his residence, and had stage-managed those visits with the aim of blackmailing our client.
“She was surprised when, sometime in August 2021, the suspect started demanding money from her and threatening to expose her nude pictures and other such documents relating to her. To actualize his demand, the said Kpokpogri started sending messages, documents, and files containing sensitive information and materials relating our client to her phone number while releasing some to the public.
“Our client believes that some of those information were obtained either through wire-tapping her phone and/or through such other means without her authorisation.
“The said Kpokpogri equally obtained the sum of N8,000,000.00 (Eight million naira) from our client under false pretenses. However, he has paid back the sum of N6,000,000.00 (six million naira) but has refused, failed, and/or neglected to pay the sum of N2,000,000.00 (Two million naira) outstanding.
“Our client’s Toyota Hilux van (2021 model) bought in her name is also in the custody of Kpokpogri which he has refused to return despite several demands.” the petition read.
In a swift response monitored on Kpokpogri’s Instagram page, he denied the allegations and told the general public that he was never arrested by the DSS.
“I dey my house, rumour say that I have been picked by the DSS. If you have any information on anybody, don’t come to the social media and rant and talk nonsense. Come out with your evidence, put it before the public. I want the general public to disregard that rumour that is flying up and down that I have been picked by DSS. That is why I came on Live.
“You cannot carry my vehicle and park it in your compound, a motor that you cannot buy till you die. Then you think you want to use DSS or you want to use the Nigerian security agency to do your hatchet job.
“This is Nigeria, we are governed by laws. If you have anything against me, go and tender it anywhere. Let them invite me, I will go there. I have all the abilities to defend myself”. He said.
Tonto Dike got married to Olakunke Churchill, in 2015, and the marriage which produced a child ended in 2017, in similar acrimonious circumstances. It was thereafter, that she and Prince Joseph began their romantic relationship.
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