Nigerian Police reacts to Court order stopping Tinted permit enforcement
Nigerian Police reacts to Court order stopping Tinted permit enforcement
The Nigeria Police Force has stated that it has not yet received any formal court order directing it to suspend the enforcement of the tinted glass permit regulation.
This follows online reports and social media posts by human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong, who shared what appears to be a ruling from the Federal High Court instructing the police to maintain the status quo in an ongoing case challenging the legality of the policy.
Effiong, in a post on the social media platform X, published excerpts from the court’s decision and claimed that the order effectively bars the police from continuing enforcement actions related to tinted glass permits until the matter is resolved in court.
Responding via the same platform, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said:
“While we have not been officially served the court order you’re referencing, let me, in the meantime, show point no. 8 (of the same order) since you left that part out and focused only on point no. 6. Nigerians deserve a complete picture, not a skewed one.”
The reliefs included a request for an interim injunction to halt enforcement actions such as vehicle stops, arrests, or the collection of permit renewal fees via a private account pending the determination of the substantive motion.
They reliefs read: “An order of interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, their officers, men, agents, privies and/or contractors from implementing or enforcing the new tinted glass permit policy set to commence on October 6, 2025, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
“An order of interim injunction restraining the defendants from stopping, harassing, arresting, detaining, impounding vehicles or extorting motorists in purported enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
“An order of interim injunction restraining the defendants from using the Parkway Projects account (No. 4001017918) to collect any fees for the renewal of tinted glass permits or to conduct any government business pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
Earlier, Effiong shared portions of the court’s ruling, which temporarily barred the police from continuing enforcement of the tinted glass regulation until the case is fully heard and determined.
Reacting to the development, lead counsel for the applicant, Kunle Edun, SAN, described the court’s decision as “a significant move towards safeguarding citizens’ rights and reinforcing the rule of law, even as the core legal issues remain under judicial consideration.”
