The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it dragged the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) before the Federal High Court in Abuja because the recently reintroduced tinted glass permit policy is being abused through alleged extortion, making it necessary to seek judicial intervention.
ICONIC TIMES learnt that the tinted glass permit policy was introduced earlier this year by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
However, the chairman of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Prof Paul Ananaba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), confirmed the suit yesterday, “while urging the police to respect the judicial process and suspend the enforcement of the policy pending the court’s decision.”
The police had resumed the enforcement of approvals for motorists to use tinted glasses with allegations of extortion, which prompted the NBA National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on August 23 as part of the Annual General Conference (AGC) in Enugu, to resolve to challenge the action in court.
Following the NEC resolution, the NBA, on September 2, filed suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/182/2025 against the Inspector-General of Police as defendant.
“It is the abuse of the enforcement that we are against; you can make regulations on the use of the tinted glasses to ensure security without extorting the masses,” he said.
Speaking on the State Security Service’s decision to summon Senior Advocates of Nigeria for screening, NBA President Mazi Afam Osigwe, while delivering the AGC communique, said the association was working with relevant agencies to ensure such invitations to lawyers do not happen again.
