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Your Man United jersey stinks! Kenyan Man City fan accused of robbing Nigerian over EPL rivalry

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Kenyan football fans enjoy and EPL game ata a lounge in Nairobi. [File]

A Nigerian national has moved to court, accusing a Kenyan man of attacking and robbing him of his mobile phone and passport in a dispute allegedly sparked by a football shirt.

Jack Wycliffe Irungu Mwangi is alleged to have, on February 28, 2026 at Hunters Area in Kasarani Sub-county, Nairobi, jointly with others not before the court, robbed Desmond Paul Ikechuku of his Nigerian passport and a Nokia mobile phone valued at Sh1,400.

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