Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described miscreants using the lockdown to unleash havoc on residents as opportunistic criminals and not hungry people as widely believed.

Speaking at a recent briefing in Marina statehouse on Tuesday, he added the arrested criminals would be dealt with decisively.

Sanwo-Olu stated: "Over 100 suspects have been arrested in the last 72 hours on account of disturbances. All the suspects have accordingly been charged to court.

”Those miscreants that you may have seen in the videos going viral are not hungry people. They are opportunistic criminals and will be treated as such by the law enforcement agencies."

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The governor, however assured that the state was in constant communication with the Federal Government on the issue.

He also confirmed the deployment of DIG Peter Ogunyanwo as the Intervention Squad Coordinator to curtail and stem the perceived and actual threats of violence in Lagos.

"With this revised strategy, you will see an increase in mobile police deployment in all trouble spots in the metropolis as well as the police intensifying patrols around residential areas, boundary communities during this lockdown period.

”This will also be carried out in conjunction with other security agencies – Army, Navy, Airforce and Directorate of State Security Services (DSS),” Sanwo-Olu disclosed.

He urged all Lagosians to obey the lockdown extension directive, adding that there will be zero tolerance for disobedience of directives.