By NewsMata
Less than one week after he was suspended by Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State over the killing of a toddler by officials of the Public Safety Response Team, PRST, which he headed, Kelly Okungbowa, aka Ebo Stone, was on Monday arrested by operatives of the the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged naira abuse.
Newsmata.com.ng reports that Baby Gifty Kelly was crushed to death at his mother’s POS kiosk at the Ring Road, Benin City, when two officials of the PRST were struggling with the driver of a commercial bus for the steering wheel in an attempt to arrest him for alleged traffic infraction.
In a terse statement announcing Okungbowa’s arrest, the EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale said, “The EFCC has arrested Kelly Okungbowa (a.k.a Ebo Stone) for alleged naira abuse.
“Okungbowa, who until recently was the coordinator of the Edo State Public Safety Response Team, PSRT, now suspended by the State Government, was arrested owing to a viral video where he was seen spraying and mutilating the naira at a bar on March 9, 2025. “He will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.”