Justice Joe Egwu of the Delta State High Court has stopped and barred the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from resuming the enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy nationwide.
Justice Egwu, on Wednesday, gave the order and also barred the police from harassing, arresting, detaining or extorting citizens and motorists based on the policy.
The court said the order would subsist pending the hearing and determination of a substantive suit.
The latest order was sequel to a suit filed in Delta State by the applicant, a citizen by name Israel Joe, through his lawyers led by Kunle Edun (SAN).
The Nigeria Police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Monday said the police has reactivated the enforcement of the suspended tinted glass permit policy with effect from January 2, 2026.
The court also made an interim injunction restraining the IGP and the Nigeria Police and their officers 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 substantive application filed in the suit.”
The court fixed December 24, 2025, for the hearing of the motion on notice.
