Fully Tinted Vehicles Are Not Acceptable In Nigeria – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olatunji Disu, has said that the Nigeria Police Force will not accept fully tinted vehicles on Nigerian roads. He recently had his say in Abuja during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Nigerian Bar Association led by its President, Mr Afam Osigwe, SAN.

Revealing that Nigerians now tint the windscreen and the rear screen of their vehicles, Disu disclosed that the development will not be tolerated because it exposes police officers and other security agencies on the road to danger.

The IGP added that the lives of security officers on the roads are constantly in danger because they cannot see the occupants of such cars as they approach.

His words, “On the issue of tinted glass, I have a different view about it entirely because we have a security situation in the country now.

If I have my way, tinted vehicles will not be allowed on Nigerian roads, and we are moving towards it.

When I was the Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, and we started an operation against ‘one chance’ activities, we went all out against them.

We recovered 27 vehicles used by ‘one chance’ operators and out of the number, 26 were tinted vehicles.

So, we got the idea that kidnappers, one chance operators and other criminals were tinting their vehicles deliberately for criminal activities.

So, it is not acceptable for you to fully tint your glasses because the only two reasons vehicles were permitted to be tinted according to the law are for security and medical reasons.

Even at that, you do not have a right to tint your vehicle so dark that it cannot be seen around.

For vehicles that are brought in tinted, you will notice that the front glasses were not always tinted, only the back.

In Nigeria, people will tint their vehicles and put a hole by the side of the driver’s seat for him to see, implying that it is disadvantageous to tint those glasses.

People have been kidnapped, even in their vehicles, and they will pass through checkpoints.

I want to plead that this is not the time to demoralise police officers, the country is going through some security situations, and officers are going through that as well.

Police officers are eating, you are going to video them. Police officers have rights as well, and we are ready to enforce our rights.

When we say end to impunity, we have started working towards it.

Whenever you report our officers, we take it up, and a lot of them have been dismissed, and some of them have been punished.

When we say end to impunity, it does not only apply to our officers, it concerns every member of the public as well. We are going to act on that.”

WOW.