Strip and Nude clubs spring up in Lagos

By Abiola Alaba Peters
A strip or nude club is an adult venue where erotic or exotic dances are regularly performed. A strppers or nude club is run like a night club or bar.

Scattered all over Lagos mainland are strippers/nude clubs with large turn out of high profile people is gradually making its way into many places and spots in Lagos with increase in patronage


Efforts by the Lagos State government to get rid of these strippers clubs have met a brick wall as the operators of such businesses keep expanding on daily basis.

The government, while attempting to bring a little sanity to the city’s night life once raided the strip clubs in the Ikeja axis of Lagos State and arrested the strippers. But the operators reacted by charging the government to court.

This incident generated a lot of issues and divided the public who held different opinions on the business. Investigations carried out recently revealed that the operators of strip clubs are back in business and are carrying out activities there in a manner which obviously gives them an edge over ordinary night clubs in terms of patronage.

A visit to the one of the strippers club on Opebi, Ikeja on a Wednesday night was an unforgettable experience.

After paying an entrance fee of N5,000 and also been thoroughly  searched by the bouncers (CAMERA NOT ALLOWED) one is entitled to enjoy the ambiance where some of the strippers are beautiful black and white girls. The white girls I believe were been imported into the country to entertain and meet the audience’s different needs.
The environment speaks sex and you won’t fail to catch a glimpse of couples engaged in one sexual act or the other and with no damn given to prying eyes.

The girls who have their bodies scantily covered with g-string pants and bras took a pole-dancing position and when charged, they discarded of the scanty clothing’s on them and danced naked performing also the lap-dance for any patron who was willing to give them a tip.

At the same strippers club, I found out there is a VIP section where you pay a very huge and an undisclosed amount as an entrance fee which entitles you to have anything on demand free.

The club regulations states that a client who is willing to go home with any of its strippers will wait till 5:000 a.m which is also the closing time, and pay the management while leaving his phone number and address for security reasons.

Efforts to talk to one of the strippers proves abortive as they were very busy entertaining their guests/clients, so I have to wait until their closing hour so as to meet and talk to any of them

After monitoring the situations in the various club that night, I came back strippers clubs, at about 10 past 5:am, One of the strippers name cynthia agreed to speak with me, but I have to tip her, which I oblige.

Standing behind a black toyota Camry car, we agreed no photograph and no recording. As she narrate her ordeal. According to her "I was introduced into the business by a friend in 2009, at first I didn't want to join, but having realized its better than the money involve is much, I have no choice" she claimed, her take home is
N60,000. per week excluding accommodation and feeding.

Some of the clubs I visited operate differently, as one of  the strippers club at G.R.A, Ikeja operate in such a way that not only the strippers are scantily clad, the bar attendants who are mostly ladies move around and attend to clients in their underwear’s. Investigation reveals some of this strippers club in Lagos has been running for over three years and has recorded a huge patronage, most especially on Fridays as fun-seekers who are willing to part with any amount of money throng the club to get themselves satisfied.

Strippers and nude clubs is said to have started in Lagos in the 90’s. The operation which started gradually in Apapa, one of the hot and lively places in the city of Lagos has so much gained ground and has now become fully rooted with quite a large number of nightclubs in existence.

A trip round the city of Lagos revealed that virtually every nook and cranny of this city has this strip and nude club due to the commercial gains derived from them.

Teenagers and young ladies see the club as an avenue to make money not considering the consequences of their action. It was also gathered that top businessmen and politicians catch fun, but they choose to do that in clubs that operate strictly by membership.

I also get a chance to speak with one of the strippers club owners, name Chijioke, situated in Lagos. According to Chijioke, " I make nothing less than N5m and N10m every month"

A usual strip club is open everyday for business, but has Wednesdays and Fridays as its special days.

Many had thought that the Lagos state government would win the battle to curb, if not stop this business, some have insisted that it’s a business that has come to stay whether the government likes it or not.

N:B. To all my loyal fans who are reading this, my investigation to these clubs was to bring you all that is going down in the under-world. No personal interest or whatsoever.