Amanze Chinonye
A High Court of Delta State sitting in Orerokpe has issued an interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force from resuming the enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy scheduled to take effect on January 2, 2026.
Prime Business Africa gathered that the order was granted on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, by Hon. Justice Joe Egwu in Suit No: HOR/FHR/M/31/2025, following an ex-parte application filed by a Delta State resident, Mr. Israel Joe.
In the enrolled order, the court restrained the Inspector General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, their officers, agents, and privies from implementing or further implementing the tinted glass permit policy pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application in the suit.
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Justice Egwu further barred the police from stopping, harassing, arresting, detaining, extorting, or otherwise interfering with the constitutional rights of the applicant and other citizens or motorists under the guise of enforcing the policy. The court specifically referenced rights to dignity of the human person, privacy, freedom of movement, and ownership of property.
The court also granted an interim order restraining the police authorities from continuing to use the Parkway Projects account described in the suit as a private contractor’s account to conduct any government business pending the determination of the substantive motion.
Additionally, the court approved substituted service of court processes on the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force through the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Asaba, with such service deemed proper and sufficient.
Although the applicant was absent when the matter was called, he was represented by a team of lawyers led by Kunle Edun, SAN, alongside several other counsel.
Justice Egwu ordered that the interim injunction should subsist pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice, which has been fixed for December 24, 2025.
The ruling effectively puts on hold the Nigeria Police Force’s earlier announcement that enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy would resume nationwide from January 2, 2026, a move that had generated widespread public concern over possible harassment and extortion of motorists.
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