Executive Director, Irbard Security Consult, Mr. Irbard Ibrahim says President Akufo-Addo should show leadership by issuing a strong statement ordering the security to act to contain the impunity of crimes being recorded lately in the country. According to Irbard, Ghana is gradually tethering on the precipice of instability as worrying security issues and widespread insurrection … Read more
United Nations (UN) peacekeeping remains relevant, but the UN should do more to end sexual exploitation by some peacekeepers around the world by reducing the period of each tour to four months rather than one year, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said. In a statement to mark International Peacekeeping Day on Monday, 29 May, he … Read more
Security Analyst, Irbard Ibrahim has described the decision of the Attorney General’s Department to discontinue a case in which 8 members of the pro ruling NPP, Vigilante group, Delta Force were standing trial for freeing their 13 colleagues from lawful custody, as bad Public Relations move for government. According to him, though the Akufo-Addo administration … Read more
Mr Irbard Ibrahim, the Executive Director of IRBARD SECURITY CONSULT, on Friday, said the blatant mob attack on the Kumasi Circuit Court resulting in the escape of 13 Delta Force members standing trial amounted to an attack on the country’s sovereignty. He therefore urged the President to give a biting teeth to his word by … Read more
Mr Irbard Ibrahim, Executive Director of IRBARD SECURITY CONSULT, has called on Ghanaians to be decorous in their utterance with regards to the parliamentary bribery committee report. He also called on Parliament to publish the CCTV evidence to assure the nation of the transparency of the Committee headed by Joe Ghartey. Mr Ibrahim, in an … Read more
Mr Irbard Ibrahim, Executive Director of IRBARD Consult, has expressed concern about creeping influence of partisan politics into appointments of security heads and called for elimination of such stands in security matters. Reports by the media last week showed how some vigilante groups manhandled and attempted to block a national security coordinator appointed by the … Read more
The Executive Director of Irbard Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim has attributed the proliferation of vigilante groups in the country to the failure of successive governments to query their existence and halt their operations. He is therefore calling on the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to speak against and disown these political-based vigilante groups. He also … Read more
Executive Director, Irbard Security Consult, Mr. Irbard Ibrahim has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Asante Appeatu to disband all vigilante and security groups within all political parties. Speaking in an interview with Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, the security and international security expert indicated that, such groups threatens our national … Read more
Recent outbursts by leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) may have put Ghana’s main opposition party in disarray but it could be a blessing in disguise, political analyst Irbard Ibrahim has stated. According to him: “The early indication of cracks is good and will afford the NDC enough time to do the necessary … Read more
Bringing down motor accidents should be the number one security priority of the country, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said. According to him, road accidents kill more Ghanaians daily and should be a greater concern to the country than possible attacks by terrorist groups. Mr Ibrahim’s comment comes on the heels of twin accidents that … Read more
All traditional leaders profiting from the recurrent Bimbilla conflict must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed as part of efforts towards ending the protracted chieftaincy violence in the Northern Region, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said. His suggestion comes on the heels of Thursday’s renewed gun conflict in the area which led to the death of … Read more
Sacking 3000 police recruits – about a tenth of the entire population of the Ghana Police Service – in one fell swoop is dangerous for Ghana’s security and stability, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said. “3,000 is no mean a number, Ghana’s Police force is only a little over 30,000, I don’t know of any … Read more
A security and international relations analyst Irbard Ibrahim has urged the new acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante Apeatu, to build on the accomplishments of former IGP John Kudalor whilst introducing novel ideas to improve policing in the country. According to Mr Ibrahim, there are several areas where police fall short in their … Read more
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 … Read more
Supporters of both the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been told not to set unrealistic expectations for themselves ahead of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections. Peace Ambassador and Security Expert, Irbard Ibrahim, has said given that it is just one political party that will … Read more
Security Analyst, Irbard Ibrahim, has described the discourse around the dismissal of some 501 military recruits in December 2015 as worrying. The peace ambassador and governance expert in an interview with Kwame Tutu on Rainbow Radio 87.5fm, expressed disappointment in the way and manner the issue has been addressed. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in … Read more
The bloody clash between some supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) should be condemned, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said. He has called on the country’s law enforcement agencies to be more proactive in disbanding vigilante groups of political parties as the Inspector General of Police … Read more
Irbard Ibrahim, a political analyst, international relations and security expert has in an interview with Nyankonton Mu Nsem, said that, the turnout from December 7, polls will either go for President Mahama or his closest contender, Nana Akufo Addo, who is contesting on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for the third time. … Read more
Peace ambassador for the 2016 general elections Irbard Ibrahim has described as “wrong” the carrying of a dummy coffin bearing the posters of main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo during the governing National Democratic Congress’ manifesto launch in Sunyani on Saturday September 17. “In a campaign era of ratios, allegories and symbolisms, it is important to … Read more
The framing up of Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur in relation to a purported counter-lecture to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s diagnosis of the economy is proof enough that social media needs to be regulated, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said. For him, the frame-up is “a harbinger of worse things to come” as far as the “abuse … Read more