Speaker 1: Following widely media reported case of alleged abuse of the NIRA,
Speaker 1: the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has arrested and
Speaker 1: detained kellyakumboa Aka Ebostone, the coordinator of the Edo State
Speaker 1: Public Safety Response Team, the government agency that was suspended
Speaker 1: a few days ago by the state governor Monday Opepolo
Speaker 1: over extortion, harassment and unruly behavior. Days after a baby
Speaker 1: girl was killed when an official of the PSR allegedly
Speaker 1: dragged steering wheel with the bus driver of a moving vehicle.
Speaker 1: The Edo state government official Ebo Stone, was seen in
Speaker 1: a video spraying freshly minted NYRA notes on two strippers
Speaker 1: at a party said to be the launching ceremony for
Speaker 1: his own recreational center named Ebbostone Capacity Food Plug in Benin. Recently, EFCC,
Speaker 1: in a statement made available on Monday evening titled EFCC
Speaker 1: arrests kellyakumboa Akabo Stone for alleged NYRO abuse, said the
Speaker 1: suspect would be charged to court soon after investigation is completed.
Speaker 1: According to the statement, operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate
Speaker 1: of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission e f c
Speaker 1: C on Monday March seventeenth, twenty twenty five, arrested Kelliakumboa
Speaker 1: A Kabo Stone for alleged naira abuse. A. Kumboa, who
Speaker 1: until recently was the co ordinator of the Edo State
Speaker 1: Public Safety Response Team p s R T, now suspended
Speaker 1: by the state government, was arrested owing to a viral
Speaker 1: video where he was seen spraying and mutilating the naira
Speaker 1: at a bar on March ninth, twenty twenty five. He
Speaker 1: will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.
Speaker 1: In other issue, we had reported that the co ordinator
Speaker 1: of the Edo State Public Safety Response Team p s R,
Speaker 1: kelliakumbo A Kabo Stone, the p s R team that
Speaker 1: was suspended on Friday indefinitely by the state government, has
Speaker 1: debunked rumors and speculations that one of the ps ARE
Speaker 1: officials that was lynched by mob over the death of
Speaker 1: a two year old baby girl in Benin City on
Speaker 1: Wednesday after the official allegedly dragged steering wheel with the
Speaker 1: bus driver of a moving vehicle is dead. Speaking with
Speaker 1: the PSR official at an undisclosed hospital in Benin City,
Speaker 1: hemostone said he decided to do a video press release
Speaker 1: with the victim at the hospital bed to prove to
Speaker 1: those apparently happy over the unfortunate incident that the PSR
Speaker 1: official is not dead. We have reported that the Edo
Speaker 1: State Governor, Monday Okpepolo has indefinitely suspended the operational activities
Speaker 1: of the State Public Safety Response Team PSR, days after
Speaker 1: an official of the ps ARE allegedly dragged steering wheel
Speaker 1: with the driver of a moving bus, leading to an
Speaker 1: accident that killed a two year old baby in Benin City.
Speaker 1: This the state coordinator of the PSR, Kellyakumo Akabo Stone,
Speaker 1: reacted and said he supported the governor for the PSR suspension.
Speaker 1: Some residents who witnessed the cause of the accident on
Speaker 1: Wednesday said one of the PSR officials, simply identified as
Speaker 1: a bacher, was seen dragging the steering wheel of a
Speaker 1: moving vehicle with the bus driver and suddenly the vehicle
Speaker 1: veered off the road and snatched the two years old
Speaker 1: baby girl from her mother, who is a pos operator,
Speaker 1: and smashed the little girl on the road pavement. Edo
Speaker 1: State Government, in a statement signed and made available by
Speaker 1: the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musericula, stated that
Speaker 1: the decision was taken based on several complaints received by
Speaker 1: the state government on allegations of extortion, harassment and unruly
Speaker 1: behavior by members of the team. We had reported that
Speaker 1: the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has
Speaker 1: confirmed the killing of a two years old baby after
Speaker 1: a bus driver rammed the bus into a group of
Speaker 1: pedestrians while running awayway from the Edo State Public Safety
Speaker 1: Response Team PSR the highly populated Ring Road in Benin City.
Speaker 1: This the state coordinator of the PSR, Kelliakumbo Akabo Stone,
Speaker 1: apologized to the bereaved family and promised to take action
Speaker 1: against the PSR official who allegedly gave the bus driver
Speaker 1: a chase. The police, in a statement on Thursday, said
Speaker 1: the PSR official was almost lynched to death by angry
Speaker 1: mob that he was rescued due to the quick intervention
Speaker 1: of the men of the Asigi Police Division, adding that
Speaker 1: the tragic incident involves a white valid bus with registration
Speaker 1: number then four hundred and six yard ramming into some
Speaker 1: pedestrians ostensibly to evade arrest by members of the Edo
Speaker 1: State Public Safety Response Lady Quindi Ugni in a morgagical
Speaker 1: way