Nigeria, May 12 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed 13 July for judgement in the illegal mining trial of eight Chinese nationals and two others.

The judge, James Omotosho, fixed the date after the prosecution lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and the defence lawyer, Oladimeji Ekengba, adopted their final written addresses and urged the court to grant their respective prayers.

While adopting the defence's processes, Mr Ekengba told the court that aside from the final written address, the defendants also filed a reply on points of law in response to the prosecution's submissions.

The lawyer said the reply on points of law was filed on 11 May and urged the court to discharge and acquit the defenda...