The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has responded to claims circulating on social media regarding a Federal High Court order directing it to maintain the status quo in the ongoing case over the enforcement of tinted glass permits.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the police had not yet been officially served with the court order shared online by human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong.

Hundeyin wrote: “While we have not been officially served the court order you’re making reference to, let me, in the meantime, show point no. 8 (of the same order) since you left that part out and focused only on point no. 6. Nigerians deserve a complete picture, not a skewed one.”

He noted that point 8 of the court order stated: “Meanwhile, Reliefs 1, 2, and 3 are hereby refused.”

The reliefs, sought by John Aikpokpo-Martins on behalf of tinted glass car owners in Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025, sought to restrain the police from implementing or enforcing the new tinted glass permit policy scheduled to commence on October 6, 2025.

The Federal High Court sitting in Warri had earlier directed the police to maintain the status quo and refrain from further action pending the determination of the substantive suit.

Confirming the development, Kunle Edun, SAN, counsel to the applicants, described the court order as “a major step in upholding the rule of law and protecting the rights of citizens while the substantive issues are yet to be decided.”