The applicants argued that, over the years, appointments to NDDC management positions had allegedly favoured some oil-producing states over others.
They were alleged to have in their custody 48 black caps, 25 red caps, and six orange colour caps, and all were designed in IPOB emblem with various charms.
Justice Omotosho said, “The decision of the Supreme Court was clear as to who the national chairman should be and it is certainly not Chief Edozie Njoku.’’
Mr Omobayo was, on April 8, sworn in as the new deputy governor after Mr Shaibu’s impeachment.
The ex-AGF and Mr Nweke, a former deputy director in the Ministry of Defence, are being prosecuted for alleged N1.6 billion money laundering offences.
The court fixed the date following two motions on notice filed by the Edo attorney general and the state parliament by their lawyers.
Mr Shaibu was impeached on April 8, 2024, by the Edo House of Assembly.
On Wednesday, the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court nullified Philip Shaibu’s impeachment as Edo’s deputy governor.
The prominent Lagos-based business lawyer has been widely adjudged the frontrunner in the gubernatorial election slated for September 2024.
The EFCC, in the charge, had sued Messrs Bello and Suleiman as the first and second defendants in the money laundering case.
