Tinted glass: NBA kicks as police defy court order

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The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned the continued harassment of motorists by police officers enforcing the tinted glass permit policy, despite a subsisting court order restraining such enforcement.

The Chairman of the Public Interest Litigation Committee, NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law, Olukunle Edun (SAN), told The PUNCH on Wednesday that the police had already been served with all necessary court processes in the suit filed against them.

“They have been served with the court processes since Monday,” Edun confirmed.

The suit — John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector-General of Police & Nigeria Police Force — was filed at the Federal High Court, Warri, in Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025.

The court had granted an interim injunction restraining the police from implementing or enforcing the tinted glass permit policy pending determination of the case.

On October 4, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, claimed that the police had not been formally served.

But on Wednesday, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed that the Force had received the court processes and suspended enforcement. Punch