Court halts enforcement of tinted glass permit

The lawyer, John Aikpokpo-Martins, approached the court to challenge the legality of the new tinted permit enforcement.

Delivering the interim order, the Court directed the police authorities to respect judicial processes pending further proceedings in the matter.

Senior Advocate Kunle Edun, SAN, who led the legal team for the petitioner, confirmed the development to journalists and noted that “the directive is a major step in ensuring that the rule of law is upheld while the substantive issues in the case are being determined.”

Earlier, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) wrote to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, asking him to immediately halt the nationwide enforcement of the tinted glass permit.

The legal body, in the letter it served the IGP on Thursday, drew his attention to the fact that issues surrounding the legality of the tinted glass policy, is already pending before the Federal High Court in Abuja, warning that “the Nigeria Police, as a law enforcement agency, should know better not to be lawless.”

The NBA, through the Chairman of its Special Public Interest Litigation Committee, NBA-SPIDEL, Kunle Edun (SAN), in a statement said that human rights committees of the 130 branches of the association have been activated to offer free legal services to motorists.