Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted another set of eight internet fraudsters arrested at a hotel within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) complex in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The convicts arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the OOPL on 15 August pleaded guilty to cybercrime charges.

The judge, Dehinde Dipeolu, delivered the judgement on Wednesday, holding that the EFCC had proved its case through evidence and the defendants' admissions.

He convicted the defendants of offences including obtaining money under false pretence, identity theft, and romance scams, contrary to the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, and the EFCC Act, 2004.

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