The Nigeria Police Force has announced that it has not officially received the Federal High Court’s directive to halt the enforcement of tinted-glass permits.
On Saturday, the Force’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, addressed media claims suggesting that the court had barred the police from detaining or prosecuting drivers using vehicles with tinted windows.
In a recent ruling from a Federal High Court in Warri, under Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025-John Aikpokpo-Martins versus the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force-an interim injunction was granted to pause the implementation of the tinted-glass permit policy. The court ordered the police to maintain the current situation until the main case is resolved.
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Nevertheless, Hundeyin clarified via a post on X that the police have yet to be formally served with the court’s order. He emphasized the importance of presenting the full context, highlighting point eight of the ruling, which had been omitted in public discussions that focused solely on point six.
“Although the court order you mentioned has not been officially served to us, I want to draw attention to point number eight of the same order, which has been overlooked. Nigerians deserve the entire story, not a partial one,” he stated.
This response came after human rights advocate Inibehe Effiong shared segments of the judgment that instructed the police to suspend the tinted-glass permit enforcement.
The tinted-glass permit initiative was reinstated by the police in April 2023 as part of the Police Specialised Services Automation Project, following its suspension in 2022.
