The Nigeria Police Force has suspended the enforcement of tinted glass permits across the country, following a court order halting the exercise.
Spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in an interview on AIT, Wednesday.
According to her, the Force received an official court order directing it to stop the enforcement pending further judgment.
“Information reaching me from the office of the PRO is that the order has been received and the enforcement of the tinted permit is now on hold pending the court’s verdict,” Adeh said.
She explained that the directive to suspend enforcement would remain in place pending the outcome of the ongoing legal process.
“We are waiting for the verdict. We are not against the courts, and we will continue to wait until we get a verdict,” she added.
Adeh, who noted that tinted glass permit was introduced for security reasons, stressed that some criminal activities had been carried out using vehicles with darkened windows.
“The law was not made by us. We are enforcers. The policy was purely security-driven. Some criminals were using tinted vehicles to commit offences, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify suspects,” she said.
She also dismissed allegations that the policy was a revenue-generation scheme, clarifying that all payments for tinted permits are made directly into the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA), not to the police.
