It’s been reported that between 50 and 100 men and women were arrested while partying at a hotel in Asaba, in the Delta State of Nigeria, on allegations of homosexuality.

According to Nigeria’s LGBTQ news website, NoStringsNG, police raided the hotel at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, arresting scores of party-goers on charges that they were gays and lesbians.

The police allegedly also beat up some of the individuals and threatened everyone in attendance. The hotel staff and management were included in the people arrested, who were taken to a police station in Asaba.

A witness, who claimed to have seen the police assaulting and arresting the party-goers, reportedly managed to escape.

Some who were arrested filed statements and have been released on bail, according to human rights activists working on the case. Others were said to still be in custody. It is unclear if and when they will be charged and tried. These arrests come after the Nigerian state of Bemeu passed an anti-gay bill which would further criminalise LGBTQ people. Read more via Mamba