By SCM Staff Writer I Wednesday, October 08, 2025
WARRI, Delta – A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, has issued an interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from implementing or enforcing the recently announced Tinted Glass Permit Policy.
The policy, which was slated to commence on Monday, October 6, 2025, has been temporarily halted pending the determination of a substantive motion before the court.
The order was granted following a motion filed by a concerned citizen, John Aikpokpo-Martins, who sought to stop the police from proceeding with the enforcement of the policy, describing it as unlawful and burdensome to citizens.
In the ruling, Justice H.A. Nganjiwa granted an interim injunction restraining the defendants—the IGP and the NPF—including their officers, agents, or contractors, from enforcing or further implementing the Tinted Glass Permit Policy.
Crucially, the court also restrained the police and their agents from harassing, stopping, arresting, detaining, or impounding the vehicles of the plaintiff or any other person under the guise of enforcing the said policy.
Justice Nganjiwa described the applicant’s move to seek judicial intervention as timely and proper, noting that the decision was made after hearing submissions from a legal team led by Kunle Edun, SAN, and several other counsel representing the plaintiff.
Furthermore, the court granted leave to the plaintiff to serve the originating summons and other court processes on the defendants through substituted means, specifically by FedEx courier service, a step often taken to ensure quick service when direct means may be difficult.
The case, John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector General of Police & Anor (FHC/WR/CS/103/2025), has been adjourned for further hearing on the substantive motion.
The court order comes even as the Nigeria Police Force stated on Saturday that it had not been officially served with the court order regarding the enforcement of tinted glass permits.
The IGP and the Nigeria Police Force are yet to officially comment on the injunction served via substituted means. The enforcement of the policy remains on hold until the substantive matter is resolved in court.
