The Nigeria Police Force has said it has not yet received the Federal High Court order stopping it from enforcing the new tinted glass permit policy, despite reports circulating on social media.
The reaction came after human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong shared a copy of the alleged court order on X (formerly Twitter), claiming that the court had directed the police to suspend the enforcement of the policy until the case is decided.
Responding to Effiong’s post, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, clarified that the police had not been officially served the court order.
Hundeyin wrote: “While we have not been officially served the court order you’re making reference to, 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.”
He pointed out that point 8 of the order stated: “Meanwhile, Reliefs 1, 2 and 3 are hereby refused.”
The refused reliefs were part of the requests made by John Aikpokpo-Martins, who filed the case on behalf of car owners with tinted glass. The suit — FHC/WR/CS/103/2025 (John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector General of Police & Nigeria Police Force) — sought to stop the police from implementing the new policy, which was scheduled to begin on October 6, 2025.
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Aikpokpo-Martins had asked the court to stop the police from harassing, arresting, or extorting motorists in the name of enforcing the tinted glass permit policy and from using the Parkway Projects account to collect renewal fees for permits.
Earlier, the Federal High Court sitting in Warri directed the police to maintain the status quo and respect ongoing judicial proceedings until the main case is decided.
Speaking on the development, the lead counsel in the case, Kunle Edun, SAN, described the ruling as “a major step in upholding the rule of law and protecting the rights of citizens while the substantive issues are yet to be decided.”
The dispute comes amid growing public concern over the police’s planned enforcement of tinted glass permits, with motorists complaining about alleged extortion and unclear procedures for renewal.