The State Security Service, SSS, has disclosed that Omoyele Sowore, the Publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, is in their custody.
Mr Sowore was picked up in the early hours of Saturday by armed operatives of the SSS in Lagos, and was reportedly moved to Abuja on Sunday.
But Mr Afunaya on Sunday said the activist has crossed the red line after calling for a revolution over alleged bad governance, insecurity and corruption, among other national issues.
The SSS at a media briefing in Abuja maintained that the proposed revolution march instigated by Mr Sowore would threaten public safety, peaceful co-existence and social harmony.
He said the SSS, as a responsible security agency, would not just sit idly and watch any individual, group and their cohorts rise and threaten the peace, unity, and constitutionalism of the country.
Mr Afunaya who described revolution as insurgency, revolt, insurrection and forceful takeover of government, added that Nigeria is not a Banana Republic and cannot be made one by the likes of Mr Sowore.
He emphasized that SSS would not allow self-centered and violence-inclined persons to take law into their own hands.
“Though there is apprehension and anxiety among citizens already, we wish to assure friends of Nigeria, and other law-abiding citizens, that there will be no revolution of any kind come Monday, August 5, 2019.
“A democratically elected government is in charge, and we cannot allow any person or group to foment chaos or fan the ember of revolution,” he added.
