Tinted Glass Permit: Confusion over court judgment

By Efe Onodjae

Confusion has trailed the Federal High Court’s ruling connected the suspension of the enforcement of the tinted solid licence request for conveyance owners.

Last Friday, the Federal High Court sitting successful Warri, Delta State, had ordered the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector-General of Police to support presumption quo regarding the issue.
While a quality rights lawyer, Mr Inibehe Effiong, made a station connected hix X grip to pass the nationalist of this development, the constabulary countered, saying it had not officially received the order.

Effiong posted excerpts of the tribunal bid granted successful Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025: John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector General of Police & Nigeria Police Force, which restrained the constabulary from taking further enactment pending the determination of the case.

However, Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, connected his authoritative X handle, stated: “While we person not been officially served the tribunal bid you’re making notation to, fto me, successful the meantime, amusement constituent no. 8 (of the aforesaid order) since you near that portion retired and focused lone connected constituent no. 6. Nigerians merit a implicit picture, not a skewed one.”

Point 8 of the said bid reads: “Meanwhile, Reliefs 1, 2 and 3 are hereby refused.”

The reliefs referred to are those sought by the applicant, John Aikpokpo-Martins, connected behalf of tinted solid car owners successful Nigeria, successful Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025 — John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector General of Police & Nigeria Police Force, which include; (1)An bid of interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, their officers, men, agents, privies and/or contractors from implementing oregon enforcing the caller tinted solid licence argumentation acceptable to commence connected October 6, 2025, pending the proceeding and determination of the question connected notice.

(2) An bid of interim injunction restraining the defendants from stopping, harassing, arresting, detaining, impounding vehicles oregon extorting motorists successful purported enforcement of the tinted solid licence argumentation pending the proceeding and determination of the question connected notice. (3) An bid of interim injunction restraining the defendants from utilizing the Parkway Projects relationship (No. 4001017918) to cod immoderate fees for the renewal of tinted solid permits oregon to behaviour immoderate authorities concern pending the proceeding and determination of the question connected notice.

Meanwhile, the ruling has besides elicited commendation from the public, who described the tinted solid licence arsenic needless, insisting that the constabulary did not bash owed diligence earlier taking the decision.
President of Emancipation for Nigerians, Mr Gerorge Agada, said: “This tinted solid licence happening makes nary consciousness astatine all. The tribunal has done the close happening by asking that the presumption quo beryllium maintained.”

On his part, a lawyer, Mr Tunde Alade, told Sunday Vanguard: “The tribunal has shown that it is past anticipation of the communal antheral and the constabulary was incorrect to person started the enforment. In my opinion, the constabulary did not deliberation this done earlier going up with enforcement.”

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