A former police corporal, one Michael Eriarebhe,  who was arrested for alleged armed robbery in the Aduwawa area of the Benin metropolis has said he did not engage in a robbery.

Eriarebhe said he was taken to court for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old girl adding that “I do not know why they are charging me with robbery”.

The ex-policeman said;

“I did not engage in robbery. I do not know why they are charging me with robbery.

“I was taken to court for (allegedly having) canal knowledge (of a female).

“They (police) said that the girl was 17 years old, but the girl was above 17 and she had a baby for me.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Johnson Kokumo, said Eriarebhe had been dismissed for criminal offences pending in court before he was arrested.

“He is on court bail and like a leopard that can never change its spots, was arrested for another criminal activity.

“This is a vindication that the police are right in the first place to have earlier dismissed him,” Kokumo said.