Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has dismissed the recent purported dissolution of the State Caretaker committee by a stakeholders' forum at a meeting in Ilorin as a ruse, null and void, saying the group is a dissident.

In a statement issued in Ilorin on Sunday by the state chairman, Kayode Olawepo said the so called ‘stakeholders forum' is a group of non-conformists, confused and desperate politicians seeking relevance and defending the sole gubernatorial interest of a former candidate of the party.

"This is to state for the umpteenth time that there is no crisis in Kwara ACN, there are no factions in the party but the existence of a dissident group that is seeking relevance and working for the sole interest of a former candidate of the party.

"The pronouncement of the so called stakeholders' forum that it has dissolved the state caretaker committee further exposed these disgruntled politicians within our midst. What they have committed is a grievous act of anti-party and an affront on the national chairman and national executive committee of the party that has sole power to dissolve the caretaker committee in Kwara State and their nefarious activities have been duly reported to the national headquarters of the party.

"There are a number of other groups within the party like the G 15, Integrity Group, Ifesowapoamong others and none of them has been using the secretariat for any of its meetings. We have therefore reached to the national headquarters of our party to secure for us a new and acceptable secretariat in Ilorin"

The party stated further that is more than willing to conform to all rules guiding the merger plans and also ready to accommodate any sacrifice that the merger may entails.

"The party will abide by the decision of the national merger committee as to implementation of the merger and will be ready to accommodate any sacrifice the merger entails. Therefore, the party dissociates itself from the so called stakeholders' pronouncement; Kwara ACN has no candidate for the 2015 election.

"The party commends all groups that have been working within the ambit of the party constitution and authority in promoting the growth and development of party in their areas of influence to continue to be loyal members. The dissidents are equally admonished to accept the party supremacy and its constituted authorities thereby desisting from making frivolous, libelous and unauthorized intra and inter party criticisms", ACN admonished.