A DELTA State High Court has issued an ex-parte injunction stopping and barring the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from resuming the enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy nationwide.
Justice Joe Egwu, on Wednesday, while making the order, also barred the police from harassing, arresting, detaining or extorting citizens and motorists on account of the policy.
The court said the order would subsist pending the hearing and determination of a substantive suit.
News Point Nigeria reports that the latest injunction followed a suit filed in Delta State by the applicant, a citizen by name Mr Israel Joe, through his lawyers led by Kunle Edun (SAN).
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, had on Monday announced the reactivation of the enforcement of the suspended tinted glass permit policy with effect from January 2, 2026.
Among the orders made by the court are 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.
