ABUJA– The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has written the Inspector General of Police, IGP, 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 are 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.”
This came on a day that police officers who were on the street to enforce the orders of the Assistant Inspector-General, AIG, Zone 5, on tinted glass permit, allegedly impounded a vehicle belonging to a judge of the National Industrial Court, NIC, in Delta State.
He said: “We shall invoke the powers of the Court to ensure that the Nigeria Police Force does not trample on the rights of Nigerians. Any citizen who is harassed by the Police in the purported enforcement of the illegal tinted glass permit should be free to contact any of the NBA branches.
The Human Rights Committees of the 130 branches of the NBA in Nigeria are ready to offer pro bono services to anyone who is harassed.
“It has been estimated that the Police may generate at least N3billion within a month from monies that will be collected, thus, turning the Police into a revenue-generating agency of the Federal government instead of focusing on the more serious issues of crime.
“The matter is in Court, and the Nigeria Police, as a law enforcement, should know better not to be lawless. Nigeria belongs to all of us, and the Police should avoid anything that will provoke the members of the public.”
