Police say they have not yet stopped enforcement of stained glass…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is yet to suspend enforcement of vehicle tinted glass permit, contrary to reports circulating, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said on Wednesday.

The Guardian reports that the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on Friday 3 October 2025 issued an interim injunction prohibiting the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force from implementing or enforcing the recently announced stained glass permitting policy.

The order followed a motion filed by John Aikpokpo-Martins, who sought to stop police from proceeding with enforcement of the policy, which he described as illegal and burdensome to citizens.

In handing down the ruling, Justice HA Nganjiwa granted an interim injunction prohibiting the defendants, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Force, including their officers, agents or contractors, from further enforcing or implementing the Stained Glass Permit Policy pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion before the court.

The court also restrained the police and their officers from harassing, stopping, arresting, detaining or impounding the vehicles of the complainant or any other person under the pretext of enforcing the said policy.

The court also granted the plaintiff permission to serve the subpoena and other legal proceedings on the defendants by substitute means, namely through the FedEx courier service.

Justice Nganjiwa described the plaintiff’s move to seek judicial intervention as timely and appropriate, stressing that the decision was made after hearing submissions from a legal team led by Kunle Edun, SAN, and several other lawyers representing the plaintiff.

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FCT police spokesperson Adeh was quoted as saying during an interview with Independent African Television (AIT) on Wednesday that the police made the decision when they were served with the court order halting the exercise, adding that the suspension would be in effect until further notice.

However, speaking to The Guardian, Adeh said she had been misquoted by a section of the media.

He said: “They sent me questions, but they asked me different things and started misquoting me.

“The public relations officer (FPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, tweeted last week that a copy of the sentence had not yet been notified to the police, and I said that this had happened then and that the police had been notified, and I did not mention that the sentence was suspended.

“The law was not created by us. We are law enforcement. The policy was purely security-oriented. Some criminals used colored vehicles to commit crimes, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify suspects.” (The Guardian)

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