A Delta State High Court has stopped the Nigeria Police Force from enforcing the controversial law on tinted glass permit nationwide, dealing a setback to plans earlier announced by the police for a January 2026 rollout.
The ex-parte injunction was granted on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, by Justice Joe Egwu of the High Court sitting in the Orogun Judicial Division of Delta State.
The order restrains the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force from enforcing the tinted glass permit policy across the country.
The court went further to bar police officers from harassing, arresting, detaining, or extorting motorists and other citizens under the guise of enforcing the policy.
Justice Egwu held that the restraint would remain in force pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit before the court.
“The respondents are hereby restrained from enforcing the tinted glass permit policy or interfering with the rights of citizens on account of the said policy,” the court ruled.
The legal action was instituted by a Delta State resident, Mr Israel Joe, who challenged both the legality of the proposed enforcement and the manner in which it was to be carried out.
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Mr Joe was represented by a legal team led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kunle Edun, alongside other counsel.
Court filings show that the applicant argued that the planned enforcement posed a serious threat to fundamental human rights and could expose motorists to arbitrary actions by law enforcement officers, including unlawful arrests and extortion.
The ruling effectively halted the Nigeria Police Force’s earlier announcement that enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy would resume nationwide from 2 January 2026.
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who drew public attention to the court order via a Facebook post, described the injunction as a crucial intervention to protect citizens from potential abuse linked to the policy. He noted that the decision had temporarily put the police plan on hold.
The court emphasised that the injunction is interim in nature and will subsist until the substantive application is heard and determined.
Meanwhile, the Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin, had earlier disclosed plans to resume enforcement in a statement issued on Monday, 15 December, despite the matter being the subject of ongoing court proceedings.
For now, the court order suspends any nationwide enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy, leaving the final decision to be determined at the conclusion of the case.
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