The Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, has issued an interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force from implementing or enforcing the recently announced Tinted Glass Permit Policy, which was slated to commence on Monday, October 6, 2025.
The order was granted following a motion filed by John Aikpokpo-Martins, who sought to stop the police from enforcing the policy, which he described as “unlawful and burdensome to citizens.”
Delivering the ruling, Justice H.A. Nganjiwa granted an interim injunction restraining the defendants—the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force—including their officers, agents, or contractors, from enforcing or “further implementing the Tinted Glass Permit Policy” pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion.
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The court also specifically 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.”
The court also 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.
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 after the Nigeria Police Force on Saturday said it had not been officially served with the court order regarding the enforcement of tinted glass permits.
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