Nigeria's Lagos State rejects findings of 'massacre' of protesters last year

LONDON (Reuters) - Nigeria's Lagos State rejected findings by a judicial panel that security forces carried out a "massacre" of unarmed protesters last year, maintaining that only one person suffered a gunshot wound, according to a paper issued by the government this week.

The judicial panel, which submitted its full report last month, was tasked with investigating October 2020 shootings that ended weeks of nationwide protests over police brutality and sparked the worst civil unrest in Nigeria since its return to civilian rule.