279 attacks: Criminals prey on government institutions

The August 24, 2021 attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna by ‘bandits’ has been described as the latest in a series of high-profile, targeted armed attacks on government institutions in 2021, and so far, 279 of such attacks have been captured by Towntalk, a data-intelligence company.

A document shared with sources shows that according to Area!, an incident sharing app by Towntalk, a total of 279 verified attacks on government institutions were recorded between January 1 and July 31, 2021.

Disaggregated by regions, the Northeast and Southeast reported 46.9 percent and 21.5 percent of the incidents, respectively. The South-south reported 12.5 percent of verified incidents and 7.9 percent of attacks on government institutions occurred in the Northwest.

The document further indicates that Area! by Towntalk used intelligent technology to detect any incident that involved an attack on government security forces, assets or workers as an attack against government institutions.