The
Department of State Services (DSS) has said it arrested the publisher of Sahara
Reporters, Omoleye Sowore, over plans of a revolution and for threatening
public safety. DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, made this known on Sunday in
Abuja, during a briefing with journalists at the Headquarters of the Service.
Afunanya
explained that the DSS, as a responsible security organization, acted over the
call for revolution in Nigeria. said: “Primarily revolution means a revolt, an
insurrection, it means insurgency, it means the forceful takeover of
government, and Nigeria operates a democratic system.”
“Whether
we arrested Sowore or not, the answer is in the affirmative, yes he is with us,
and why is he with us? He has crossed the line, he has threatened public
safety. “Sowore has, as a matter of fact, threatened the peaceful co-existence
and social harmony of Nigeria; there is apprehension, there is anxiety,
citizens and residents are worried as to what will happen next,” Afunanya
added.
He
said, “we want to use this opportunity to assure law-abiding Nigerians, friends
of Nigeria, and citizens of the world, that come tomorrow (today) 5th August
2019, there will be absolute peace in Nigeria, nothing will happen.” The DSS
spokesman assured that there won’t be any revolution, adding that the
government that had been elected democratically will be in place.
“There
will not be any forceful takeover of government and the DSS will not stand idly
by and watch self-serving people take laws into their hands,” he stressed.
Afunanya had accused Sowore of also working with some persons outside Nigeria
to cause disaffection, chaos and anarchy in the country.
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