The Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday said the permit for tinted vehicle glasses does not attract any fees.
Many motorists had complained about the police clampdown against the use of tinted glasses and accused policemen of extorting them for using tinted glasses without permits.
But Abubakar, who spoke in Abuja on Friday during a meeting with the Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in charge of 12 zonal commands across the country, advised motorists not to succumb to financial demand by any policemen, noting that the application for the permit was free.
“It (permit for tinted glasses) is free of charge; there is no amount of money written there for anybody. They (motorists) should not allow any policeman anywhere to subject them to paying fees that are not officially, legally and legitimately stated,” he said.
Abubakar said 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 vowed that the police and other security agencies would enforce the ban as it was meant for the good of all Nigerians.
According to him, the law authorises only the IG to issue permits for tinted vehicle glasses without delegating such power to Commissioners of Police.
“Do you know that most criminals use tinted vehicles as cover 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 arms 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 glasses?” he asked.
The IG said criminal elements such as kidnappers, armed robbers and terrorists had been using vehicles with tinted glasses, stressing that the police would not allow that to continue.
Meanwhile, the Benue State Police Command on Friday said it had recovered two bodies with gunshot wounds at Annune and Adaka villages near Makurdi.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ezeala, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi that the corpses were discovered by the anti-riot squad drafted to the area to maintain peace and order.
He, however, denied claims by residents of Adaka village that Fulani herdsmen had invaded the village and were killing Tiv people.
Ezeala said, “The claims are unfounded. What actually happened was that some of the villagers saw two armed men at Adaka village and got panicky. Some of them started fleeing the village.”
The spokesman said that normalcy had since been restored while the villagers had already returned to their homes. But some of the villagers, who spoke with NAN disagreed with Ezeala’s claims.
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I am not clear with the statements from the I.G. does he mean, owners of such vehicles should remove the glasses?if yes, at whose expense? the government must try to be sensitive, you cant throw the bath water away with the baby.
ReplyDeleteoga police are demanding as much as 25.000naira if one does not produce tinted glass permit. one needs 2 see what is happening at the bridge near national theatre. police on d high way are really taking us for granted. ig of police says u dont pay but that is not for police on d road,
ReplyDeleteNigerians are paying the price for having a grossly incompetent and ill trained police force. If not why must we be the only country in the world where tinted glass is banned in vehicles. They just create avenues for extorting monies from the people! Tinted glasses has nothing to do with the increase in the rate of crime in Nigeria! After all the police have the right to stop and search any vehicle tinted or not!
ReplyDeleteCynical! Oga IG, does it now mean that those well meaning nigerians who already have factory fitted tinted glasses should now shatter their vehicle glasses or abandon their cars bcos they're not authorities in govt or politicians? IG u've been trying but no fall ur hand on this one. I believe there are other measures to put tinted cars on check.
ReplyDeleteSomeone said Nigerians are now paying the price of having an incompetent and untrained police force and I fully agree with him. Let the IG tell us how to get this tinted permit. What is the procedure of obtaining it? What step should I follow before this permit is granted? Also, if I am caught without the permit, what will be done to me?? What is the punishment?? IG please inform Nigerians on this.
ReplyDeleteOga IG please what happened to factory fitted tinted glasses. Are we to break them? The local police is capitalIsing on this to harras innocent citizens ooo. Pls clarify.
ReplyDeleteSir IG, you said only IG can give the permit to use tinted glasses and the power not delegated to commissioners. Oga police how can all Nigerians with tinted glasses have access to you. there is much mix up in your statements.
ReplyDeleteTHis IG is just trying to spoil his high regarded reputation.
ReplyDeleteoga IG, You know the kind of fools u recruited and put on the roads, so don't give us this crap that the permit is free.
I would advise you look for other good strategies to ensure the lives and properties of Nigerians are secured OR you furnish us with the statistics of security incidents carried out with a tinted glass vehicle?
Please stop chasing shadows or come out clear to tell us that you need a revenue boost in your 2013 books because its take about 15 - 30k to get those permits at a normally processing rate, while 40 - 50k to get it processed urgently.