Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) would on Saturday receive notable chieftains of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), those of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) and Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) into its fold.

Some of the leading defectors are former PDP (1999) deputy governorship candidate, Barrister Akinmade Yahaya Abolarin; former Commissioner and a leading light of the Saraki political dynasty, Chief Chris Ayeni; and a former PDP chieftain and ex-chairman of Ifelodun Local Government, Engineer Jide Usman; among others

The defectors would be received by Kwara ACN leaders including ACN National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed; the party's governorship candidate in the 2011 poll, Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN); Kwara ACN chairman Kayode Olawepo, and other notable figures in the party.

Belgore's media aide, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaiye, in a statement yesterday stated that the membership registration exercise would be followed by a congress on September 27th where delegates drawn from across the state would elect new officers to pilot the party's affairs ahead the 2015 poll.

"The PDP is free to say anything. It is a sign we are a big headache to them, despite the initial denials. If they have cough today ACN is responsible for it; yet they claim there is no opposition in the state. It is a sign they are concerned that it is no longer business as usual.

"To them, we are a big disappointment and a pain in the neck because they were used to opposition disappearing after the election. They have our sympathies," Olawepo stated.

"We leave the media and the public to judge whether the persons listed above were ACN members until after the 2011 polls. It would be childish and diversionary to engage PDP in a needless debate over that when newsmen know who is who in politics and can say who belonged where."