{"id":4231,"date":"2025-01-19T10:09:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2025-01-19T10:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:09:09","slug":"psc-chair-expresses-shock-on-the-avoidable-deaths-in-petrol-tanker-expolosion-at-dikko-junction-calls-for-an-improved-road-safety-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=4231","title":{"rendered":"PSC CHAIR EXPRESSES SHOCK ON THE AVOIDABLE DEATHS IN PETROL TANKER EXPOLOSION AT DIKKO JUNCTION, CALLS FOR AN IMPROVED ROAD SAFETY MECHANISM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, has expressed profound shock on the avoidable deaths in a petrol tanker inferno in Dikko junction, Niger State. 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