Many Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) and Accord members at the weekend defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State.

Notable among them were the 1999 PDP governorship running mate, Akinmade Yahaya Abolarin, former commissioner and a leading member of the Saraki political dynasty, Chief James Ayeni, a former PDP chieftain and ex-chairman of Ifelodun Local Government, Jide Usman, among others.

The ACN National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the party's governorship candidate in last year's election, Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN), representatives of Osun and Ogun state governors and others received the defectors at a colourful ceremony in Ilorin.

Mohammed accused the PDP-led Federal Government of incapable of finding a solution to the nation's problems.

The ACN chieftain accused the PDP-led government of lacking the capability to deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.

He said the government's ineptitude has resulted in youth unemployment, epileptic power supply and infrastructural decay.

PDP, Mohammed said, has never been truthful to Nigerians on any national issue. He cited the "many lies the PDP government churned out to Nigerians on the illness of the late President Umaru Yar'Adua,"

adding: "We deserve to know the First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan's health status."

The ACN spokesman lamented what he called lack of development and dearth of infrastructure in Kwara State. He said the PDP-led government in the state was not different from the government at the centre, adding: "The PDP at the national level is not performing. So you can't expect anything different at the state level."

The ACN governorship candidate in last year's poll, Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN, urged Kwarans to stop "suffering in silence" by teaming up with the ACN to sweep PDP away in the next election.

His words: "ACN remains the only viable alternative to the PDP. It is the party that has the interest of the masses at heart.

"It is becoming clear that PDP has nothing to offer. Kwara in 2012 is worse than it was last year. People are coming in droves to the party. People will keep decamping to the ACN as time goes on."