The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday announced the suspension of the enforcement of vehicle tinted glass permits following a court order stopping the exercise.

Spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Josephine Adeh, a Superintendent of Police confirmed the development during an interview on AIT.

She said that the decision was arrived at after the police officially received the court order.

She said, “Information reaching me from the office of the FPRO is that the order has been received and the enforcement of the tinted permit is now on hold pending the court’s verdict”.

She said that the directive to suspend enforcement would remain in effect until the conclusion of the ongoing legal process.

“We are waiting for the verdict. We are not against the courts, and we will continue to wait until we get a verdict,” she added.

On public concerns over the purpose of the tinted glass regulation, Adeh said that the policy was introduced strictly for security reasons, adding that criminals had previously used vehicles with darkened windows to conceal their identities.

“The law was not made by us. We are enforcers. The policy was purely security-driven. Some criminals were using tinted vehicles to commit offences, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify suspects,” she said.

She dismissed claims that the policy was designed for financial gain, explaining that all payments related to tinted permits are made directly into the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA), not to the police.