Among those detained was a groom-to-be, who was celebrating his bachelor's eve with friends at one of the clubs. Witnesses reported that EFCC operatives arrived in multiple vehicles around 1 am, discharging firearms into the air to assert control.

During the raids, the EFCC seized numerous vehicles, laptops, high-end phones, and other items. Eyewitnesses described chaotic scenes where agents forcibly entered nightclubs and lounges, using tear gas and physical force to detain individuals. Two soldiers were reportedly injured when tear gas canisters were deployed inside one of the venues.

"It was a nightmare," a witness recounted. "They were entering the nightclubs and lounges, tear-gassing people, beating them up, and arresting them indiscriminately. They didn't care who you were. Even a groom and his friends celebrating a bachelor party were profiled as internet fraudsters and taken away."