Nigeria, July 7 -- Manu pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecution counsel, Mr Hemen Donald, told the court that the case was reported by the complainant, Sale Alhassan, at the Mararaba Police Station on June 26.

Donald alleged that on the same day, the defendant broke into the A.B.A Shopping Mall and stole pepper, ginger, cloves, garlic, and an iron umbrella valued at N170,000, belonging to Ibrahim Mustapha.

He further told the court that Manu also allegedly stole various types of nylon bags worth N280,000, belonging to Bashiru Abdullahi.

According to the prosecutor, the defendant threatened the complainant with a machete after he was apprehended by the shopping plaza's security personnel.

Donald added that during police in...