Court Bars Police From Enforcing Tinted Glass Permit

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

A Delta State High Court sitting in Orerokpe on Wednesday, December 27, 2025, granted an interim injunction restraining the  Nigeria Police Force  from recommencing  the enforcement of the purported ban on the use of tinted glasses by motorists in the country.

The Source reports that the police had, since last week, informed that they will resume  the enforcement exercise on January 2, 2025 ,after it was earlier halted owing to a legal pronouncement against the move.

But despite strong warnings from several groups, including the national leadership of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, against the proposed planned resumption of the enforcement exercise, the police has remained adamant.

The National President of NBA, Mazi Afam Osigwe, had  earlier in the  week urged  President Bola Tinubu to call the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to order, insisting that there is a subsisting court order restraining the service from embarking on the enforcement exercise.

However, the Police, which have denied being served any restraining court order have vowed to go ahead with the enforcement come January 2, 2026.

Ruling on an ex-parte motion brought by one Israel Joe, Presiding Judge Justice, Joe Egwu, ordered the IGP, the Nigeria Police Force and the Delta State Police Command ,who are the respondents in the suit, to halt any implementation of the enforcement of the purported ban on the use of tinted glasses, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The applicant had, in the suit prayed the court among others to grant an order of interim injunction restraining the police from ” implementing/enforcing and or further implementing/enforcing the the ban on the tinted glass permit policy set to commence on January 2,2026 , pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit

Similarly, the applicant  asked the court to restrain the police from stopping, harassing , arresting , detaining, extorting ,or otherwise interfering with the constitutional rights to dignity , privacy , freedom of movement and ownership of property of the applicant ( and citizens/motorists) under the guise of enforcing the tinted glass permit policy pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

Justice Egwu while ruling on the ex-parte application granted all the reliefs sought by the applicant , including an order restraining the police from the continued use of the Parkway Projects account ,which the applicant described as a private account ,to carry out any Government related transactions , until the hearing and determination of the substantive suit .

Consequently, the court adjourned proceedings to December 24 ,2025 for the commencement of hearing of the motion on notice.