A Delta State High Court sitting in Orerokpe has issued an interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), and the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, from enforcing the tinted glass permit policy across the country.
The order, granted on Wednesday, also bars police officers from harassing, arresting, detaining, or extorting motorists and citizens under the guise of enforcing the policy.
The court further restrained the IGP and the NPF, including their officers, agents, privies, or contractors, from using the Parkway Projects Account — a private contractor’s account — to conduct any government business, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
The ruling followed an ex-parte application filed by a Nigerian citizen, Mr. Israel Joe, in suit number HOR/FHR/M.3/2025. The applicant was represented by senior advocate, Mr. Kunle Edun, SAN, alongside a team of lawyers.
In granting the application, the trial judge, Justice Joe Egwu, ordered that the injunction would remain in force pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application.
Justice Egwu specifically ordered:
“An order of interim injunction restraining the 1st and 2nd respondents, their officers, men, agents, privies and/or contractors from implementing, enforcing or further implementing the Tinted Glass Permit Policy scheduled to commence on January 2, 2026, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application in this suit.”
The court also restrained the respondents from stopping, harassing, arresting, detaining, or extorting motorists in the name of enforcing the policy, as well as from continuing to use the Parkway Projects Account for government transactions.
By this ruling, the Nigeria Police Force’s earlier announcement to resume enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy on January 2, 2026, has been effectively halted nationwide, pending further court proceedings.