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<v Speaker 1>Following widely media reported case of alleged abuse of the NIRA,

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<v Speaker 1>the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has arrested and

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<v Speaker 1>detained kellyakumboa Aka Ebostone, the coordinator of the Edo State

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<v Speaker 1>Public Safety Response Team, the government agency that was suspended

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<v Speaker 1>a few days ago by the state governor Monday Opepolo

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<v Speaker 1>over extortion, harassment and unruly behavior. Days after a baby

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<v Speaker 1>girl was killed when an official of the PSR allegedly

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<v Speaker 1>dragged steering wheel with the bus driver of a moving vehicle.

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<v Speaker 1>The Edo state government official Ebo Stone, was seen in

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<v Speaker 1>a video spraying freshly minted NYRA notes on two strippers

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<v Speaker 1>at a party said to be the launching ceremony for

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<v Speaker 1>his own recreational center named Ebbostone Capacity Food Plug in Benin. Recently, EFCC,

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<v Speaker 1>in a statement made available on Monday evening titled EFCC

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<v Speaker 1>arrests kellyakumboa Akabo Stone for alleged NYRO abuse, said the

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<v Speaker 1>suspect would be charged to court soon after investigation is completed.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the statement, operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate

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<v Speaker 1>of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission e f c

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<v Speaker 1>C on Monday March seventeenth, twenty twenty five, arrested Kelliakumboa

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<v Speaker 1>A Kabo Stone for alleged naira abuse. A. Kumboa, who

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<v Speaker 1>until recently was the co ordinator of the Edo State

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<v Speaker 1>Public Safety Response Team p s R T, now suspended

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<v Speaker 1>by the state government, was arrested owing to a viral

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<v Speaker 1>video where he was seen spraying and mutilating the naira

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<v Speaker 1>at a bar on March ninth, twenty twenty five. He

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<v Speaker 1>will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.

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<v Speaker 1>In other issue, we had reported that the co ordinator

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<v Speaker 1>of the Edo State Public Safety Response Team p s R,

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<v Speaker 1>kelliakumbo A Kabo Stone, the p s R team that

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<v Speaker 1>was suspended on Friday indefinitely by the state government, has

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<v Speaker 1>debunked rumors and speculations that one of the ps ARE

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<v Speaker 1>officials that was lynched by mob over the death of

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<v Speaker 1>a two year old baby girl in Benin City on

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday after the official allegedly dragged steering wheel with the

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<v Speaker 1>bus driver of a moving vehicle is dead. Speaking with

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<v Speaker 1>the PSR official at an undisclosed hospital in Benin City,

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<v Speaker 1>hemostone said he decided to do a video press release

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<v Speaker 1>with the victim at the hospital bed to prove to

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<v Speaker 1>those apparently happy over the unfortunate incident that the PSR

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<v Speaker 1>official is not dead. We have reported that the Edo

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<v Speaker 1>State Governor, Monday Okpepolo has indefinitely suspended the operational activities

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<v Speaker 1>of the State Public Safety Response Team PSR, days after

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<v Speaker 1>an official of the ps ARE allegedly dragged steering wheel

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<v Speaker 1>with the driver of a moving bus, leading to an

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<v Speaker 1>accident that killed a two year old baby in Benin City.

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<v Speaker 1>This the state coordinator of the PSR, Kellyakumo Akabo Stone,

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<v Speaker 1>reacted and said he supported the governor for the PSR suspension.

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<v Speaker 1>Some residents who witnessed the cause of the accident on

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday said one of the PSR officials, simply identified as

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<v Speaker 1>a bacher, was seen dragging the steering wheel of a

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<v Speaker 1>moving vehicle with the bus driver and suddenly the vehicle

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<v Speaker 1>veered off the road and snatched the two years old

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<v Speaker 1>baby girl from her mother, who is a pos operator,

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<v Speaker 1>and smashed the little girl on the road pavement. Edo

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<v Speaker 1>State Government, in a statement signed and made available by

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<v Speaker 1>the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musericula, stated that

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<v Speaker 1>the decision was taken based on several complaints received by

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<v Speaker 1>the state government on allegations of extortion, harassment and unruly

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<v Speaker 1>behavior by members of the team. We had reported that

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<v Speaker 1>the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has

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<v Speaker 1>confirmed the killing of a two years old baby after

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<v Speaker 1>a bus driver rammed the bus into a group of

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<v Speaker 1>pedestrians while running awayway from the Edo State Public Safety

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<v Speaker 1>Response Team PSR the highly populated Ring Road in Benin City.

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<v Speaker 1>This the state coordinator of the PSR, Kelliakumbo Akabo Stone,

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<v Speaker 1>apologized to the bereaved family and promised to take action

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<v Speaker 1>against the PSR official who allegedly gave the bus driver

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<v Speaker 1>a chase. The police, in a statement on Thursday, said

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<v Speaker 1>the PSR official was almost lynched to death by angry

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<v Speaker 1>mob that he was rescued due to the quick intervention

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<v Speaker 1>of the men of the Asigi Police Division, adding that

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<v Speaker 1>the tragic incident involves a white valid bus with registration

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<v Speaker 1>number then four hundred and six yard ramming into some

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<v Speaker 1>pedestrians ostensibly to evade arrest by members of the Edo

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<v Speaker 1>State Public Safety Response Lady Quindi Ugni in a morgagical

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<v Speaker 1>way