The matter was adjourned to July 2, 2026 for arraignment.
The judge adjourned until June 10 to rule on the application.
Ms Farouq served as minister between 2019 and 2023.
Ms Farouq stressed that over 4.9 million people were affected by the flood as of November 2022, an increase from the 4.4 recorded in June.
Out of the 64,000 disappeared persons across Africa, Nigeria recorded 25,000 missing persons, including over 14,000 children.
Ministry team leader, Nadia Muhammed-Soso, said on Thursday in Katsina that the aim was to mainstream the victims into all National Social Investment Programmes.
The returnees were given one hundred U.S. dollars each to aid their transportation back to their respective destinations.
The minister said that about 1,142,783 potential beneficiaries were registered across the 774 LGAs, with 19,155 potential beneficiaries registered in Ondo State.
Humanitarian minister Sadiya Umar Farouq has pledged to support the ICPC in its investigation of alleged fraud in the N-Power Programme.
Documents reviewed by Peoples Gazette revealed how the humanitarian affairs minister thwarted the vice president’s years-long labour on a vital policy.
