Nigeria, April 22 -- Many political and traditional leaders across the country have converged on Abuja to deliberate on state policing.

Some of the leaders in attendance at the Continental Hotels in Abuja include; Vice President Kashim Shattima, who represented President Bola Tinubu; Former President Goodluck Jonathan; former military ruler Abdulsalami Abubakar; Sultan of Sokoto Sa'ad Abubakar; Ooni of Ife Enitan Adewusi; Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum, AbdulFatah Ahmed; the Minister of Police, Ibrahim Gaidam and others.

The state policing bill currently before the National Assembly seeks the removal of police from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list.

In the last assembly, the st...