Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- The owner of Bola Komo Night Club in Akure, Ondo State, has rejected claims by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun, that it secured a court order to seal off the fun place last weekend.

Olubola Adeya said in a statement on Monday that no document was shown to them before the operatives locked up the place.

Men of the Amotekun Corps and the Nigeria Police Force jointly raided the club's premises on Saturday following complaints by the former that the club serially flouts the government's directives not to operate beyond 12 midnight.

The state government in July banned the operation of nightclubs beyond midnight as a result of escalating criminal activities within the city.

Mrs Adeya said the ni...