Nigeria, Oct. 10 -- Judge Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday gave suspended Abba Kyari and four other police officers facing cocaine charges the final opportunity to file their lists of defence witnesses.

The judge warned that failure to comply could lead to a forced closure of their defence.

He issued the warning after expressing displeasure over the defendants' failure to obey his 5 October order directing them to submit the names of witnesses they intended to call for their defence.

Judge Nwite said the court's records showed that none of the defendants had complied with the directive.

"The orders of court must be obeyed," Judge Nwite said, warning that he would not take violations of the court's orders lightl...