The media should desist from creating the impression that Ghana is about to go up in flames because a bomb was found close to the residence of a Deputy Minister in an election year, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has cautioned.
On Tuesday November 1, a bomb was discovered near the residence of Mr Andy Osei Okrah causing fear and panic among residence in the metropolis.
Contributing to the discussion on the matter, Mr Ibrahim advised the media to be circumspect in their reportage until investigations are completed.
According to the 2016 election peace ambassador, the security agencies should have kept the news away from the media to avoid causing fear and panic among the citizenry.
“We need to hold on to our peace until the security agencies handling this case come out with comprehensive findings. It’s only when we have the full complement of the investigation that we can talk quite deeply on the subject,” he stated.
“Anybody who has the slightest idea of forensics will know an explosive didn’t fall from the sky, somebody made it, somebody transported it and somebody placed it where it was found, so, if for nothing at all there will be finger impressions (finger prints) that are traceable so at the end of the day we will be able to apprehend or nab anybody who was involved in that crime…” Mr Ibrahim said on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class 91.3FM.
“… Already people are passing a verdict that this is politically motivated; somebody wanted to assassinate the Deputy Minister, it is too early, this could have been ISIS, it could have been Al-Qaida In the Maghreb, it could have been some of these disgruntled army recruits that were sacked, it could have been politicians, it could have been anybody, it could have been planted by people to carve a certain narrative that a certain political party is anti-peace and, therefore, Ghana should not vote them or maintain them in power, so, we need to take our time until we get the full complement of the investigation,” he emphasised, adding that: “A bomb in Danyame or any suburb of Kumasi does not mean a cruise missile or tomahawk coming from a submarine. I don’t think we should give this an impression of Ghana going up in flames; we need to take our time”.
Mr Ibrahim disclosed that there are investigations of worse things that are currently ongoing which the media has got no whiff about so for the sake of the territorial integrity of the country and for the sake of its sovereignty, “you don’t run to the public every now and then updating the public on things concerning national security”.
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