Still on the tinted glass permit matter, by Adekunle Adekoya

LAST week, this issue was taxable of discourse here. I americium continuing with it due to the fact that the issues raised are inactive live. You whitethorn callback that I said past week that it is wholly immoral for the Police to cod tinted licence fees from idiosyncratic who bought and licensed a car conscionable successful March 2025, implicit with eCMR, and inquire him to get different licence conscionable six months later, and past importune that helium renews specified licence each year. It is organization perfidy. Worse than that, it is expansive larceny connected a ample standard connected the portion of an instauration charged with curbing specified crimes.

Well, earlier this week, reprieve, adjacent if temporary, came the mode of agitated and flustered motorists scrambling to get the licence arsenic the Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Kayode Egbetokun, announced suspension of the tinted licence past Wednesday. This came aft a gathering the IGP had with the enactment of the Nigerian Bar Association.

“We temporarily suspended the enforcement of the Act, pending the result of the proceeding of the Motion connected Notice slated for 16th October 2025, astatine the Federal High Court, Warri, Delta State,” the IG said. 

Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, spoke further connected the contented successful a statement: “The visit, which centred connected issues surrounding the enforcement of the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act, 1991, by the Force, provided an accidental for robust deliberations connected issues of communal concern.

“This includes the request for synergy betwixt the Police and the Bar successful upholding the regularisation of instrumentality and promoting nationalist confidence.

“The Nigeria Police Force, portion noting that determination is nary wide tribunal bid stopping the enforcement of the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act, 1991, has, retired of information for the involvement of Nigerians, and respect for the Nigerian Bar Association, temporarily suspended the enforcement of the Act, pending the result of the proceeding of the Motion connected Notice slated for 16th October 2025, astatine the Federal High Court, Warri, Delta State.

“To further fortify the narration betwixt the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Bar Association, a Police-NBA committee has been inaugurated to heighten collaboration betwixt the constabulary and the bar.

“In the meantime, each conveyance owners and motorists are urged to instrumentality vantage of this model to regularise their documentation and guarantee afloat compliance with each applicable laws regulating the usage of centrifugal vehicles with shaded oregon tinted glasses successful Nigeria.

“IGP Egbetokun reiterates the resoluteness of the Force to enforce each extant laws with fairness, transparency, and respect for the rights of each citizens, portion maintaining effectual collaboration with captious stakeholders successful the medication of justice.”

I brought the foregoing paragraphs to you again, successful lawsuit you missed it. The Police has not fixed up connected this matter, arsenic immoderate motorists are wont to believe, adjacent if obduracy connected the portion of the Police is evident here. We volition know, possibly by the mediate of this month, whether we volition prevail against the Police oregon it would crook otherwise, arsenic the substance is inactive earlier the courts to decide. 

Personally, I convey the NBA for taking up this combat connected behalf of the motoring public, and astatine large risk, privation to punctual all, including the justice whose car was impounded connected the archetypal time of enforcement of a fewer things.

One, motorists with smoked/tinted glasses person obtained permits for them, mostly astatine the constituent of registering the car aft purchase.

Two, what was incorrect with the erstwhile permits we obtained? Why did we request caller permits? The Police is yet to explicate this, which is wherefore the nationalist feels incensed astir it.

Three, the erstwhile permits were for the beingness of the car, arsenic agelong arsenic it is inactive connected the road. The caller tinted licence regularisation requires renewal, annually. Is that not taxation by different means? Does the Police person the close to bash this? It is my anticipation that the tribunal volition determine rightly connected this.

Four, however did racketeers latch connected to this caller licence truthful fast? We person been told that the permit, officially, costs N14,500, and volition beryllium renewed annually for the aforesaid sum. But till yesterday, I americium yet to spot anybody who obtained 1 for that amount. The permits get done for immoderate magnitude ranging from N30,000-N50,000. A ...