UK-Based Nigerian Researcher Invents Game-Changing AI Tool to Identify Bandits

• The Nigerian government may soon heave a sigh of relief concerning its fight against terrorists disturbing the peace of the people
• This is because a young Nigerian based in the United Kingdom, Yunusa Jibrin, invented an AI tool that would aid the identification of bandits
• Yunusa Jibrin noted that if the government adopted his findings, it would go a long way to winning the war on terrorism in Nigeria

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

A UK-based Nigerian, Yunusa Jibrin, said he has invented an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to identify bandits and their hideouts in Nigeria.

Jibrin explained that his findings if adopted by the federal government, would help direct the military's efforts toward identifying and eliminating bandits wherever they may be hiding in the country.

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The young man, who is a master’s degree graduate in computer science from the University of Sussex, in a chat with Vanguard on Sunday, March 3, said he leveraged AI-driven image synthesis to generate thousands of visual representations depicting bandits in desert environments.

Jibrin shared details of his research, stating:

“I undertook an innovative approach, leveraging AI-driven image synthesis to generate thousands of visual representations depicting bandits in desert environments, complete with weapons and vehicles.

“Employing this synthesized dataset, I employed a Vision Transformer model to discern terrorist elements within the images, achieving remarkable accuracy in preliminary evaluations.”

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Terrorism and banditry have lasted for years in Nigeria despite huge budget allocations to defence and security. N3.25 trillion has been allocated to the defence and security sector, representing 11.8% of the current national budget.

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Legit.ng reported earlier that soldiers with a hybrid force and element of the Civilian Joint Task Force killed three terrorists after invading the insurgents’ hideouts in the Timbuktu triangle in the Lake Chad region.

The terrorists were killed during a fierce battle with the troops of the Nigerian army on Wednesday, February 28, 2024.

The director of Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed the development on Friday, March 1, via a statement shared on the Nigerian Army X handle, @HQNigerianArmy.

Source: Legit.ng