An official of the Edo State Government, Kelly Okungbowa, alias Ebo State, who was Coordinator of the now disbanded Edo State Public Safety Response Team, PSRT, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged abuse of the Naira. Okungbowa in a video that has now gone viral was seen “spraying” the Naira in a nightclub on a stripper even as passers-by could be seen stepping on them, an action considered as abusing the national currency.
In a post on Monday evening on its official X handle (formerly Twitter) @officialEFCC, the anti-graft agency announced that “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.
“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,” EFCC wrote.
