Residents of Port Harcourt were thrown into panic, as a bag believed to contain dangerous was reportedly sighted.
For close to 30 minutes the entire Ikwerre and Railway Roads in Port Harcourt were deserted as news of an the presence of explosive in that axis spread across the city.
Families members were said to have made frantic phone calls to their loved ones who had gone to a market located within the area so as to be sure that they (loved ones) were alive.
Our correspondent gathered that a petty trader noticed the strange movement of a man with a leather bag around Chisco Motor Park and Delispice; a popular restaurant on Ikwerre Road.
An eyewitness said the strange man, whose movement up and down the road with the bag clung to his shoulder became suspicious suddenly dropped the bag and immediately left the place.
This bomb scare which turned out to be a ruse is coming on the heels of Monday’s bomb blast in Abuja which left over 80 dead and 200 seriously injured.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, who confirmed the evacuation of the areas, however contained a laptop suspected to have been stolen by the unidentified man that dropped it by the road side and not a bomb