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Breaking: Ebo Stone in EFCC net over naira abuse

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March 17, 2025
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Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC, on Monday, March 17, 2025 arrested Kelly Okungbowa (a.k.a. Ebo Stone) for alleged naira abuse.

Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity of the anti- graft agency, said in a press statement that “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.”

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The EFCC added that Okungbowa “will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.”

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