{"id":98384,"date":"2026-04-03T14:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=98384"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:56:37","slug":"98384","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=98384","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sa’adiyyah Adebisi Hassan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President just announced the deployment of 5,000 AI-powered cameras to tackle insecurity in Plateau.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest this is not how serious countries fight insecurity. This is how governments do public relations, not warfare.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t broadcast your surveillance architecture to the same people you\u2019re trying to catch. The moment you announce it, you\u2019ve already compromised it.<\/p>\n

Terrorists are not fools. They adapt faster than governments that talk too much.<\/p>\n

In a Serious Country, This Never Happens<\/p>\n

#Look at how nations that actually understand security operate:<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 Israel<\/p>\n

When Israel upgrades surveillance in sensitive regions, they don\u2019t hold press conferences about it.
\nThey deploy quietly, monitor behavior, and strike before threats materialize.<\/p>\n

You hear about it after success, not before deployment.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 United States<\/p>\n

The U.S. runs one of the most sophisticated surveillance systems in the world – facial recognition, signals intelligence, predictive tracking.<\/p>\n

Do they announce locations, capabilities, and deployment strategy? No.<\/p>\n

Even Congress often doesn\u2019t get full details. That\u2019s how sensitive it is.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 United Kingdom<\/p>\n

The UK has one of the highest densities of CCTV cameras globally.<\/p>\n

Yet, operational upgrades and intelligence integrations are classified or limited.
\nYou don\u2019t tell criminals where the blind spots are because that\u2019s exactly what public announcements do.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea Dubai<\/p>\n

Dubai is a surveillance state in the smartest way possible.<\/p>\n

AI cameras, facial recognition, predictive policing – but everything is deployed with precision and silence.<\/p>\n

Criminals don\u2019t know where the system begins or ends. That uncertainty is the weapon.<\/p>\n

#What Nigeria Just Did Wrong<\/p>\n

Announcing \u201c5,000 AI cameras\u201d publicly creates immediate problems:<\/p>\n

You alert terrorists to change routes, patterns, and methods<\/p>\n

You expose the scale and possible limitations of your system<\/p>\n

You reduce the element of surprise<\/p>\n

You turn a security operation into a media headline<\/p>\n

This is not strategy. This is exposure.<\/p>\n

#What Should Have Been Done Instead<\/p>\n

If Nigeria were serious about security, this is how it should look:<\/p>\n

1. #Silent Deployment<\/p>\n

No announcement.
\nInstall, integrate, monitor. Let results speak later.<\/p>\n

2. #Intelligence Fusion<\/p>\n

Cameras alone don\u2019t stop terror.<\/p>\n

They must be connected to:<\/p>\n

National ID databases<\/p>\n

Telecom tracking<\/p>\n

Financial intelligence<\/p>\n

Real-time command centers<\/p>\n

Without integration, cameras are just expensive decorations.<\/p>\n

3. #Behavioral Surveillance<\/p>\n

Modern security is not just about faces it\u2019s about patterns:<\/p>\n

Movement anomalies<\/p>\n

Repeated routes<\/p>\n

Suspicious clustering<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what AI is for. Not press statements.<\/p>\n

4. #Rapid Response Units<\/p>\n

Surveillance without response is useless.<\/p>\n

If a threat is detected:<\/p>\n

Units must respond within minutes<\/p>\n

Arrest or neutralization must be immediate<\/p>\n

Anything slower is failure.<\/p>\n

5. #Target the Network, Not Just the Foot Soldiers<\/p>\n

Every attack has:<\/p>\n

Financiers<\/p>\n

Informants<\/p>\n

Suppliers<\/p>\n

Ideological backers<\/p>\n

If those people are untouched, cameras won\u2019t save anyone.<\/p>\n

6. #Total Information Control<\/p>\n

Security strategy should be need-to-know only.<\/p>\n

Not:<\/p>\n

Public speeches<\/p>\n

Media briefings<\/p>\n

Political announcements<\/p>\n

War is not governance theatre.<\/p>\n

#The Hard Truth for President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu<\/p>\n

Mr. President, insecurity is not solved by announcements. It is solved by: Silence, Precision, Intelligence, Ruthlessness. Right now, Nigeria is treating a war like a press conference. And that is dangerous.<\/p>\n

Every time the government talks too much about security plans, the enemy listens, learns, and adjusts.<\/p>\n

In serious countries, citizens feel safer not because leaders speak more, but because results are visible and strategies are invisible.<\/p>\n

If Nigeria truly wants to win this war, it must stop performing security and start practicing it.<\/p>\n

Because in this fight, loose talk is not harmless -it costs lives.<\/p>\n

Insecurity is not solved by speeches, press conferences, or political stunts.<\/p>\n

It is solved by:<\/p>\n

Silence. Precision. Intelligence. Ruthless execution.<\/p>\n

Stop performing security.
\nStart practicing it.<\/p>\n

Because in war against terror, loose talk costs lives.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Hassan posted this on social media.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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