Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted three internet fraudsters arrested during a controversial raid on a hotel at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) complex in Abeokuta, Ogun State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The judge Dehinde Dipeolu, sitting as a vacation judge in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, convicted Isaac Akinwale, Ibrahim Azeez Olatunji, Habeeb Oladipupo Oshundairo and Bisiriyu Abiodun on separate cybercrime charges, including identity theft and obtaining money by false pretence.

They were among 93 suspects arrested during the EFCC raid.

All three pleaded guilty when the charges were read to them. EFCC operative Umar Shuaibu told the court that Mr Akinwale posed...