Framework for the Design and Implementation of Mimetic Device with Embedded Machine-Learning Model for Internet of Things Deployment to Mitigate Security Challenges in Nigeria

Aboaba A. Abdulfattah, Ajao A. Lukman, Jimoh A. Afeez, Adam Hasan, Abioye A. Abdulkabir, Abdulfattah M. Habib, Ismail A. Abideen

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The challenge of insecurity in Nigeria is approaching its second decade of active war-like situation, and it is on the rise and becoming a new normal owing to the inability of the nation’s security agent to overcome it. Having tried the military option, the intelligent option, the community option, social options, and collaboration with neighbouring countries, and have all failed, an intense technological home-grown approach is proposed in this paper. The approach involves the combination of multiple state-of-the-art technologies like artificial intelligence, internet-of-things, and mimetic-based surveillance system to monitor, predict, and relay information in real-time to appropriate authorities for immediate action. With this, the rising challenges of insecurity will be seriously degraded. 


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