Nigeria, Oct. 29 -- The State Security Service (SSS) has reportedly arrested a social media user, Innocent Chukwuma, who made a post on X, calling for a coup.

A source at the agency told PREMIUM TIMES that operatives of the service trailed Mr Chukwumq to Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he was arrested.

The source said Mr Chukwuma, with an X account @TheAgroman, posted that a coup was needed in Nigeria and called on the military to "suspend the Nigerian government."

A check by our reporter showed that X had suspended Mr Chukwuma's account as of Wednesday morning, making it difficult to interrogate his earlier posts.

"A coup in Nigeria is needed," the SSS source quoted Mr Chukwuma's post. "Dispose of APC, suspend the Nigerian...