Justice Daniel Osiagor ordered that they should be remanded in the custody of the NDLEA , after their plea was taken.
The company’s response was seen as a deliberate attempt to evade the meeting which the ministry said was “unacceptable”.
The order was delivered on Monday.
The trial did not hold as scheduled on Wednesday following the absence of the prosecution and defence counsels.
The defendants are standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on importation of fake and unwholesome drugs.
Mr Gbolagade was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday on a two-count charge against Gbolagade in a suit marked FHC/L/559C/22.
Naira Marley is being prosecuted for cybercrimes by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
On Friday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned a former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode, for forging medical reports to evade trial.
Some local governments had dragged the Federal Ministry of Interior to court for allegedly taking up the powers of the local governments to conduct marriages.
Mr Ikuforiji is accused of accepting cash payments in the aggregate sum of N338.8 million from the House of Assembly without going through a financial institution.
