By Chuks Okocha The Peoples Democratic Partyâs Governors’ Forum yesterday moved to Calabar, the Cross River State capital, to stop the planned defection of Governor Ben Ayade and 19 elected local government chairmen and 193 councillors in the state, THISDAY has learnt. The governors were led by their Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. The 19 local government chairmen and 193 councillors had in April stormed the national secretariat of the PDP threatening to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the crisis in the conduct of congress in the state. The crisis in the state led to the emergence of two factions of the party, with one led by Ayade and Mr. Steve Odeh on one hand, and the other led by Hon. Agom Jarigbe on the other hand.