The Nigeria Police Force(NPF) has yet to suspend the enforcement of the vehicle tinted glass permit, contrary to the news making rounds, the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Josephine Adeh, said on Wednesday.

The Guardian reports that the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, had on Friday, October 3, 2025, issued an interim Injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force from implementing or enforcing the recently announced Tinted Glass Permit Policy.

The order followed a motion filed by John Aikpokpo-Martins, who sought to stop the police from proceeding with the enforcement of the policy, which he described as unlawful and burdensome to citizens.

Delivering the ruling, Justice H.A. Nganjiwa granted an interim injunction restraining the defendants, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Force, including their officers, agents, or contractors, from enforcing or further implementing the Tinted Glass Permit Policy pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion before the court.

The court also restrained the police and their agents from harassing, stopping, arresting, detaining, or impounding the vehicles of the plaintiff or any other person under the guise of enforcing the said policy.

The court also granted leave to the plaintiff to serve the originating summons and other court processes on the defendants through substituted means, specifically by FedEx courier service.

Justice Nganjiwa described the applicant’s move to seek judicial intervention as timely and proper, noting that the decision was made after hearing submissions from a legal team led by Kunle Edun, SAN, and several other counsels representing the plaintiff.

The FCT police spokesperson, Adeh, was said to have said during an interview on the African Independent Television (AIT) on Wednesday that the police made the decision when the court order halting the exercise was served, adding that the suspension would be in place until further notice.

However, while speaking with The Guardian, Adeh claimed she had been misquoted by a section of the media.

She said, “They sent me questions, but asked me different things and started quoting me wrongly.

“The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, tweeted last week that the police were yet to be served a copy of the judgment, and I said that was then and that the police have been served, and I didn’t mention that it has been suspended.

“The law was not made by us. We are enforcers. The policy was purely security-driven. Some criminals were using tinted vehicles to commit offences, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify suspects.” (The Guardian)

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