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  • Again, police suspend enforcement of vehicle tinted glass permit

    Again, police suspend enforcement of vehicle tinted glass permit

    The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has again suspended the enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy across the country.

    The policy was expected to take off today, but the police halted the enforcement pending the determination of a substantive suit before the court.

    The NPF had announced on December 15, last year, that enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy would resume nationwide with effect from today as part of measures to enhance public safety and internal security.

    In a statement yesterday in Abuja by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) Benjamin Hundeyin, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), reads: “The force was subsequently served with an interim court order issued on December 17, 2025, directing the police to suspend the enforcement of the policy pending the hearing and determination of the suit or until the order is otherwise vacated.

    “In response, the Nigeria Police Force entered an appearance in the matter, filed preliminary objections, and applied for the vacation of the interim order. The court has adjourned the case to January 20, 2026, for further proceedings.

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    “In strict compliance with the subsisting court order and in line with constitutional provisions, the Nigeria Police Force has placed the enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy on hold nationwide until the court reaches a decision.

    “Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun reaffirmed the Force’s commitment to the rule of law while continuing to fulfill its core mandate of protecting lives and property.”

    The IGP assured that the police would continue to adopt lawful and intelligence-driven strategies to tackle security challenges across the country.

    The force also assured members of the public that further updates and clear guidance would be communicated as appropriate following the court’s determination, in the interest of public order and national security.

  • IGP extends tinted glass permit deadline to August 12

    IGP extends tinted glass permit deadline to August 12

    • Says service review ongoing

    The Inspector – General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has approved an extension of the grace period for the enforcement of Tinted Glass Permit requirement to August 12, 2025.

    The extension, police said, comes on the heels of several concerns and feedback expressed by members of the public regarding the reactivation of the digital Tinted Glass Permit application process.

    A statement issued yesterday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said: “In line with our commitment to delivering transparent, inclusive and citizen-focused policing, the Force wishes to affirm that it has not ignored the voices of Nigerians.

    “Rather, these voices have been instrumental in guiding ongoing reviews of the process to ensure it remains user-friendly, secure and accessible to all.

    ‎”The extension of enforcement is also intended to give room for additional enhancements and refinements to the application process, ensuring that no member of the public is unduly disadvantaged.

    ‎”The NPF is actively working to simplify and improve both the physical and contactless application options including enhanced verification mechanisms and streamlined procedures to reduce delays and eliminate undue inconveniences.

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    ‎”Members of the public are reminded that the authorised platform for application and renewal of the Tinted Glass Permit is accessible via http://www.possap.gov.ng.

    “Citizens are also encouraged to report all unauthorised or hidden charges as well as extortion in the course of application or biometric capturing to the appropriate police authorities, including via the dedicated hotline: 09169967000.

    ‎”The Nigeria Police Force remains committed to public safety, digital innovation and continuous improvement in service delivery, and appreciates the cooperation and patience of the Nigerian people as these reforms are carried out.”

  • Tinted glass law in Nigeria

    Recently, the Nigeria Police Authority announced that it would clampdown on tinted glass defaulters.

    The Tinted glass law is a global issue, which, however, needs to be rightly addressed in Nigeria before the planned clampdown by the Police.

    Without doubt, it is necessary to wage war against the tinting of car windows, particularly, black tint. It hinders the driver from having a clear view of his blind spots, covers, drivers making phone calls and shields criminals among others. However, there are many essential things the Nigeria Police has left unaddressed before talking about the clampdown.

    There are various tinted glasses. There are factory tinted glasses and there are film tinted glasses. Tinted glasses are further distinguished by the percentage of the window tint to the visible light transmission. As at today, I have never seen any police officer or traffic management officers using an equipment to measure the degree of tint as it obtains in other countries.

    Many of the tinted glasses targeted by the Nigeria Police will pass international test even in developed countries. The acceptable rate of the glass Visible Light Transmission (VLT) must be made public by the Nigeria Police before the planned clampdown. We are in the age of technology and not the dark age when measurements are done by personal judgement. Having announced the acceptable rate of VLT, the police officers and other traffic management officers must be equipped with the state of the art instruments for measuring the VLT which must be used on the glasses before apprehending the violators.

    It is not difficult for some influential criminals and very important personalities to obtain the tint permit from the Nigeria police Authority even without assessing the level of tint. 100 per cent black tint is illegal anywhere all over the world. But many of such vehicles are on Nigeria roads. Visibility for safety and security should be the guiding principle, not how influential the vehicle owner is. In my own opinion, all film tint should be disallowed on Nigerian roads. Any tint that comes from the automobile manufacturers above  30 percent tinted and 70 per cent VLT should be disallowed except proper permit is obtained. The categories of people that can obtain such permit should be published. The background checks and security documentations of such people should be done without bias.

    Concerning the security issue, whether tinted glass permit is obtained or not, drivers approaching police or allied check points must be made to wind down the glasses for routine security checks except well-known VIP’s with high integrity. Safety and security, not revenue generation should be the driving force for the implementation of tinted glass law in Nigeria. Public enlightenment and technology must also be adequately employed towards the implementation of the law.

    We must always do things right to avoid punishing innocent citizens and painting the country black among the comity of nations. It is time to move to the next level in policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria.

  • Tinted glass law in Nigeria

    Recently, the Nigeria Police Authority announced their proposed clampdown on Tinted glass law. Tinted glass law is a global issue which however needs to be rightly addressed in Nigeria before the planned clampdown by the Police.

    Without doubt, it is necessary to wage war against the tinting of car windows, particularly, black tint. It hinders the driver from having a clear view of his blind spots, covers, drivers making phone calls and shields criminals among others. However, there are many essential things the Nigeria Police has left unaddressed before talking about the clampdown.

    There are different types of tinted glasses. There are factory tinted glasses and there are film tinted glasses. Tinted glasses are further distinguished by the percentage of the window tint to the visible light transmission. As at today in Nigeria, I have never seen any Police Officer or other traffic management Officers using an equipment to measure the degree of tint as it obtains in several other countries.

    Many of the tinted glasses targeted by the Nigeria Police will pass international test even in developed Countries. The acceptable rate of the glass Visible Light Transmission (VLT) must be made public by the Nigeria Police before the planned clampdown. We are in the age of technology and not the dark age when measurements are done by personal judgement. Having announced the acceptable rate of VLT, the Police Officers and other traffic management Officers must be equipped with the state of the art instruments for measring the VLT which must be used on the glasses before apprehending the violators.

    It is not difficult for some influential criminals and very important personalities to obtain the tint permit from the Nigeria police Authority even without seen assessing the level of tint. 100 per cent black tint is illegal anywhere all over the world. But many of such vehicles are on Nigeria roads. Visibility for safety and Security should be the guiding principle, not how influential the vehicle owner is. In my own opinion, all film tint should be disallowed on Nigeria roads. Any tint that comes from the automobile Manufacturers above  30 percent tinted and 70 per cent VLT should be disallowed except proper permit is obtained. The categories of people that can obtain such permit should be published. The background checks and security documentations of such people should be done without bias.

    Concerning the security issue, whether tinted glass permit is obtained or not, Drivers approaching Police or allied check points must be made to wind down the glasses for routine security checks except well-known VIP,s with high integrity. Safety and Security, not revenue generation should be the driving force for the implementation of tinted glass law in Nigeria. Public enlightenment and technology must also be adequately employed towards the implementation of the law.

    We must always do things right to avoid punishing innocent Citizens and painting the Country black among the comity of Nations. It is time to move to the next level in policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria.

  • Tinted glass dramas and police extortions

    A coin normally has two faces. However, in some climes and under certain circumstances, it may appear that the coin may be multifaceted. Therein lays the paradox of the faces of a coin. Or is that why we find it difficult to accept the coin as a currency denomination? Otherwise, the note too has two faces. Encounters with some members of the security forces that are the true faces of these agencies or may not be reveal that indeed we are faced with many faces of the same coin. Whether good, bad or ugly, an experience with them reveals the level of professionalism and indeed the rot that many systems in the country have had to contend with. The purported saying that the police is your friend or not is best captured in the experience I had while travelling from Ibadan to Benue during the last yuletide. It is a well known occurrence during festive seasons that all manner of personnel dot the roads in search of prey whom they will devour or exploit, as there is always a fault to be found on the vehicle or particulars. On this fateful day, at the exit from the expressway from Ojoo into the state roads at Iwo Road we were flagged down by an armed policeman. Our papers were okay, but one of them took me on since I was wearing my ID tag. Having asserted that we were driving in a factory-fitted tinted glass vehicle, he went on to inform us that we had broken the law which was a high court offence and therefore we must follow him to the station or settle him with N10,000 cash. We pleaded to no avail. As if we were the cause of the rot in the force, he vituperated further that we lecturers fail students unjustly and massively. I thought maybe he must have failed woefully in one of those institutions, so I told him that it was not in the character of a lecturer to fail a student and that the University of Ibadan where I come from is above board and that is why we don’t even sell handouts and force students to buy our books. Not satisfied, he went on, pontificating that the chaplet in our car was attacking him spiritually and he was not himself again. But who can argue with an armed robber, certainly only one out of his/her mind would argue with someone with a gun. For many have been allegedly gunned down by these friends of the public and proclaimed as robbers or much less victims of robbery attacks for failing to accede to their demands. Previously, he had played the ethnic card by speaking with my wife in his language so as to gauge the lever of extortion. We had no choice but to part with our hard-earned money to an armed man using the powers of his gun to preach to us on every subject that presented it directly or indirectly. We had broken the extant rule on tinted vehicular glass long outlawed during the military era, but a product of intensive research from the developed world to protect passengers from harmful solar radiation and for purposes of right of privacy even on the road. No wonder since we have a paucity of research products, our very agencies are destroying the products of hard-won research gotten from other lands for health benefits as factory-fitted tinted glass are meant to protect from harmful solar radiation while on the road.

    Like most draconian legislations that do not consider the sensibilities and responsiveness of the hapless citizenry, vehicle owners of factory-fitted tinted glasses have been on the receiving end through police extortions and intimidations on the highways. A market has been created for the extorting police to rake in between 10-15K from their victims.

    However, on the same fateful day, there was an exception in Ondo State at the boundary with Edo towards Okene. This particular police officer on seeing that all our papers were right with the exception of the permit on vehicular tinted glasses, having identified ourselves, cautioned us to make use of the next opportunity to obtain the permit without us begging him. This was no doubt a hard reminder that good men are still in the police having been extorted by the same force member with abusive statements on the same day in Ibadan. It is quite possible that the sensible police man in Ondo thought about the cumbersome nature of obtaining the permit, the unnecessary cost of replacing the factory-fitted glasses, the recklessness of the resurrected extant rule and the rightness in all our other papers in deciding to wave us through without demanding a bribe. This showed how sensible the rank and file of the force can be.

    Nigerians and other vehicle owners with tinted glasses need to be treated with dignity and respect. The force should stop treating everyone as a suspect and criminal. Give the citizenry the time to do the ‘’new’’ right thing on vehicle tinted glass.

    By Emmanuel Tyokumbur,

    Department of Zoology,

    University of Ibadan

  • Tinted glass: offenders face jail

    Tinted glass: offenders face jail

    The Senate yesterday passed a Bill for an Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Prohibition of Tinted Glass Act 2011.

    The Bill aims at checking indiscriminate use of tinted vehicle glasses by motorists.

    It proposes N50,000 fine or six months’ imprisonment for anyone driving a tinted-glass vehicle without due approval from appropriate authority.

    The Senate adopted the report of its Joint Committee on Police Affairs and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the Bill.

    Committee Chairman Paulinus Nwagu said the Bill “seeks essentially to amend the extant law in order to check indiscriminate use of tinted glass vehicles which beat security checks and carry out nefarious activities”.

    Nwagu noted that the bill was sponsored following the spate of reactions from Nigerians on the recent announcement by the Nigerian Police of its intention to arrest and prosecute those driving cars with tinted glass.

    The senator explained that the police were not trying to introduce a new law but to enforce existing Regulation 66 (2) of the National Traffic Regulations of 1997 and the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act.

    Nwagu said: “The bill also seeks to address the persisting injustice meted out to Nigerians through embarrassment and harassment, which constitutes a serious affront to the fundamental rights of Nigerians against discrimination as enshrined under Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).”

    He said presentations by stakeholders during a public hearing in support of the bill showed the need to address the upsurge in terrorism and other crimes, including kidnapping and child trafficking.

    The bill, among other provisions, requests buyers of imported vehicles with tinted, shaded, coloured, darkened or treated glass to change it to transparent glass within 14 days from the date of arrival in Nigeria or the date of purchase.

    In the alternative, it demands that buyers of such vehicles should request for a permit for the use of such tinted glass vehicles from the Office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) anywhere in the country within 90 days of importing the vehicle.

  • Terrorism and tinted glass phobia

    Terrorism and tinted glass phobia

    The country’s security gurus have not shown how many terrorists have been nabbed operating from vehicles with tinted glass

    Who says that Boko Haram has not changed the lifestyle of Nigerians? That person should ask car owners, not only those that look tense when they are on a bridge or Nigerian Christians that are afraid to go to church on Sundays and their liberal Islamic counterparts who are no longer enthusiastic about going to pray in public mosques on Fridays. The latest group to ask this question is Nigerians who are now being harassed for using cars with tinted glass that engineers in other parts of the world manufactured after years of innovative thinking and research to save human skin from over exposure to sun rays. Managers of the country’s security need to be asked why they have unearthed a law created under military dictators under an elected government.

    Terrorism is a major challenge for governments all over the world. It has led to creation of special agencies in some parts of the world. There was nothing like Homeland Security in the United States in the years before September 11, 2001. Since the creation of Homeland Security, millions of air travelers have learnt how to leave their belts at home to reduce the pain of going through security checks in all airports of the world. Even women obsessed with their femininity have had to live with small volume of face powder, small amount of perfume, and sometimes without toothpaste if they want to travel without hassles. It is therefore not strange that Nigeria’s security chiefs have gone into the archive of laws created during the era of military dictatorship, to fight the rise of Islamic terrorism in the country.

    What is strange is that the archaeologists of military laws have not given citizens good reasons to believe that they are not just being capricious or arbitrary. No data have been provided to show any link between terrorist acts in the North and vehicles with tinted glass. Smokers did not have to complain about being prevented from carrying their matches or firelighters with them on the plane, after the experience of shoe bombers or the botched attempt of young Nigerian international terrorist to light the bomb under his underwear a few years ago. Air passengers all over the world who are lovers of peace and order have not complained about ordinances that forbid them to carry machetes, knives, and bows and arrows into aircrafts. The connection between these dangerous items and in-flight terrorism had been made clear to passengers and non-passengers.

    What has not been made clear to Nigerians is the connection between tinted glass on the two rear sides of cars and the killing of innocent people by Boko Haram bombing of the UN office in Abuja, churches, motor parks, and police stations. The country’s security gurus have not shown how many terrorists have been nabbed operating from vehicles with tinted glass. They also have not shown citizens, particularly car owners how many explosive devices have been recovered by police from cars with tinted glass. Innocent citizens in their millions need to be told how many guns have been shot and how many bombs have been thrown from moving cars with tinted glass since the emergence of Boko Haram. It is necessary for the police to use data obtained from such heinous crimes to enlist the support of innocent Nigerians who had taken loans to buy cars with tinted glass made by their manufacturers abroad.

    Reports have indicated that Islamic terrorists had thrown bombs from motor cycles while some had shot innocent citizens from moving bicycles. Is the change in our security protocols going to ban motorcycles and bicycles? Nigerians have been told that Boko Haram bombers have used empty houses and occupied houses to store explosive devices and powerful assault guns. What is the attitude of the Inspector-General of Police to thousands of such houses in the north and south of the country, board them up? Invoking an obsolete law in the books against owners of cars with tinted glass is reminiscent of erecting road blocks as a means of fighting crimes. It is obsolete and may be counterproductive.

    In a war that requires cooperation of civilian population, policymakers in the security sector need to know how to cultivate citizens. They should not create policies that anger or antagonize citizens unnecessarily. Asking car owners to obtain special permit for using cars that they had duly registered and for which they had paid duties to Customs is similar to punishing or blaming the victim. Anyone that drives an unregistered car in the country has committed a punishable crime. It should not be criminal for citizens who have paid customs on their vehicles and paid for registration with their local government or the Federal Road Safety Commission to use those vehicles. It should be safely assumed by citizens that Customs department, FRSC, and the NPF are interlinked and are agencies that share common interest in the country’s security.

    In the fight against Boko Haram, our rulers need to learn from good policies and practices in other countries that have security challenges from Islamic terrorists or any other category of terrorists: Ensure that cars do not carry tinted glass that is in excess of what is allowed in other parts of the world and ensure that security officers are given gadgets that can see through tinted glass from a distance. It will be less expensive for the federal government to acquire such devices than to have to respond to litigation seeking refund of huge sums of money to citizens who own duly registered vehicles. It is worth stressing that when the law being excavated by the police was made, it was to give special protection to military governments without mandate to rule. Even in those days when civilians were prevented from buying cars with green and jet black colors, and owning cars with tinted glass, military rulers were exempted from the rule, an indication that the law was not to fight crime but to accentuate privileges of new class of rulers.

    Thomas Paine and David Thoreau at different times had warned makers of bad and oppressive laws about the danger in making such laws. They had argued that human beings have the capacity to resist or disobey unjust laws. The National Assembly should not engage in panel beating an unjust and unreasonable law inherited from decades of military dictatorship. What senators need to do is to jettison the law against the use of cars with tinted glass, not to ignore attempts by the police to make citizens pay twice for the same product.

    •This piece is being republished after observing that policemen and women are back to harass car owners on highways for driving cars with tinted glass and without proper permit to use such cars, weeks after declaration of emergency and deployment of full military action that have been reported to be ridding the country of Islamic terrorists by the day.

  • The tinted glass law (2)

    I want the Nigeria Police authorities to enrol for some lessons with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to learn how people conceal contrabands in vehicles with transparent glasses. It is only fools that will keep dangerous weapons openly on the seats or booths of vehicles. What happens to the delivery vans that have no window at the back? What happens to container vehicles and other trucks completely sealed up?

    Should they now cut open the sides and back of the vehicles and containers to fix transparent glasses to enable the Policemen see the contents? Wait a minute, have we not heard of policemen that trailed and robbed motorists of their valuables after discovering cash and other properties in the process of searching their vehicles? What shall we do about this? How did the so-called dangerous weapons enter into Nigeria? Can’t something be done about this?

    •The Joint Tax Force in the Northern part of Nigeria use a method which I think the Nigerian Police Force can borrow a leaf from. As the motorists are approaching the checking points, they must wind down all their glasses whether tranparent or tinted to enable them see the occupants clearly. Is this not better than placing a ban on factory fitted glasses?

    •Now that factory -fitted tinted glasses is the new technology, should the government place order for Nigerian specs with transparent glasses so that the automobile manufacturers can dedicate special lines of production for Nigerian vehicles alone.

    •It is expedient for THE Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to do a brief study of the difference in the level of transparency between the factory- fitted tinted and manually filmed glasses

    •The fact that there is an act on tinted glasses does not mean that the law is perfect in view of the fact that we don’t have Nigeria – made vehicles .This is another testing ground for the National Assembly ,The Civil Rights Activists and the Labour unions .In a matter of days,we shall know the caliber and intersts of the Assembly men ,Labour unions and human right activists we have in this Country.Nigerians are waiting to hear their views.

    •What is the difference between a vehicle with transparent glasses that moves in the night and a vehicle with a tinted glass that move in the day or night?

    •Should I say that our IGP should take an official trip to any of the countries using tinted glasses such as the United States of America or Benin Republic near us here to study how they have been controlling their crime rate?

    I also want to suggest that officers of the NPF should be properly exposed to the right training in security,surveillance and counter-surveillance techniques.It is not a matter of tinted glasses but having the requisite skills for crime control.Gullotine (cutting of the head)is not the best prescription for headache.

    I hereby suggest that the new directive on tinted glasses be suspended and be subjected to professional brainstorming and public debate.The National Assembly should also seat to review the Act to reflect the realities on vehicle technology.

    After the law ,there is commonsense .Whenever a law is made ,we should not always take it as it is ,but merge its implementation with the realities of life.For example,the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) should not have anything to do with training of drivers of Organisations.The role of FRSC should purely be as that of DSA in Britain and ADTSEA in America which design curriculum of driving schools ,set standards and monitor the driving schools for compliance to ensure the accomplishment of the objectives.

  • The tinted glass law

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has directed that vehicles with tinted glasses should be kept away from the roads except their owners are using them on health and security ground, and that these must be supported by permits from the office of the IGP.

    There have been hues and cries about this new directive. I think I need to air my view on it.

    First, the directive has once again confirmed the level of inconsistency in policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria. On March 7, 2011, there was an advertisement by the Ministry of Police Affairs and signed by the Minister (published in page 40 of The Nation entitled “Expiration of the Deadline on the use of vehicles with Tinted Glasses”.

    Paragraph 2 of the advert stated that “Commissioners of Police in the state and the Federal Capital Territory are now directed to begin physical apprehension and prosecution of offenders, beginning from Saturday, March 5, 2011, with the exception of those with factory-fitted tinted glasses. This is in line with the motor vehicles (prohibitation of Tinted glasses) Act which forbids the use of tinted vehicles on Nigerian Roads”.

    What then has happened between then and now that the new directive now says there is no more exemption to factory-fitted tinted glasses? Apart from the fact that the money spent on the former adverts were wasted, it re-affirmed inconsistency in the Police Administration.

    In the same advert, it was also stated that the “The public should also note that all permits and licences granted for the use of tinted glasses have been revoked”. Why, then, is the Nigeria Police Force saying that some categories of people should obtain permit? In a country where senators and even governors have been accused of sponsoring terrorism, who cannot be a security risk in Nigeria?

    Did I even hear that the cost of obtaining the tinted glass permit is N20,000?

    Is the objective to make it a revenue generating venture or a crime prevention drive?

    Now back to the main issues, vehicle technology is advancing daily even as criminals are advancing in their tactics. Let us look further into few more points.

    Most of the vehicles being manufactured today have factory-fitted tinted glasses, particularly the SUV. The main reason for fixing tinted glasses is not to hide the identity of the occupants, but to reduce the ray of light and heat in the vehicles.

    I don’t know whether the Nigeria Police Force knows that some of the factory-fitted tinted glasses have no transparent alternatives that one can fix if the tinted are removed?

    Is Nigeria more security-conscious than the United States of America?

    Why do they allow the use of tinted glasses? We are agitating for development everyday. Why, then, can’t we toe the line of America in security and surveillance?

    What is the data gathered by the Nigeria Police Force that linked the crime rate with tinted glasses? Sometime ago, the use of okada for commercial purposes was banned in some cities because of their use for crimes. Later, we heard that tricycles are now being used. Should we ban the use of tricycles? There is also an increasing rate of the use of Volkswagen golf cars for suicide bombing in Nigeria. Can we go further to ban the use of golf cars as well, though they have transparent glasses?

    One of the supporting points of the Nigeria Police Force is that vehicles with tinted glasses are

  • Obtaining tinted glass permit is free – IG

    Obtaining tinted glass permit is free – IG

    The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, says that obtaining police permit for the use of vehicles with tinted glasses “is free of charge and does not attract any charge”.

    Abubakar made the clarification on Friday while speaking at a meeting with Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in charge of the 12 zonal commands in Nigeria.

    He said that the meeting was to review security challenges, including terrorism, kidnapping, cultism and communal clashes in parts of the country in order to strategise on how to address the challenges.

    The IG said: “obtaining tinted glass permit is free of charge, there is no amount of money written there for anybody to pay.

    “Motorists should not allow any policeman, anywhere to subject them to paying charges that are not officially, legally and legitimately stated,’’ Abubakar stated.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clarification of the IG comes against the backdrop of renewed clampdown on motorists driving vehicles with tinted glasses nationwide.

    Motorists in the country have been lamenting that the police have been charging between N10,000 and N50,000 to grant the tinted permits, wondering whether the money actually goes into the coffers of the Federal Government.

    Abubakar, however, said that those complaining about the clampdown were not sincere as they knew that “by all standards they do not deserve to have tinted glass vehicles’’.

    He said that the police would enforce the ban as it was meant for the good of all Nigerians.

    Abubakar said that to avoid abuse in the granting of the permit, the law only authorised the IG to issue it without delegating such power to commands commissioners of police.

    “Do you know that most criminals use it (tinted vehicles) as hideout, to carry arms and ammunition, to carry EIDs, to throw bombs on innocent worshippers in churches and mosques and other places?

    “We cannot continue to fold our hands and allow criminality to take place.

    “Tell me what a commercial vehicle is doing with tinted glass, tell me what an ordinary Nigerian who has nothing to hide is doing with tinted glass.

    “We appeal to Nigerians to understand this, that the essence of doing what we are doing is to ensure that people are safe and that innocent people are not just unnecessarily attack,’’ he said.

    The IG said that criminal elements such as kidnappers, armed robbers and terrorists used vehicle with tinted glasses to commit crimes, stressing that the police would not allow that to continue.

    NAN reports that motorists having vehicles with tinted glasses have been in dilemma over the police clampdown, saying that their vehicles came with factory-fitted tinted glasses.