Aper Aku

An zabi Aper Aku listenⓘ (1938-1988) a matsayin gwamnan Jihar Benue, Najeriya, a watan Oktoban shekarar 1979 kuma an sake zaɓarsa a watan Oktoban shekarar 1983, ya bar muƙamin bayan juyin mulkin soja a watan Disambae shekarar 1983 wanda Janar Mohammadu Buhari ya zo mulki.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Aper Aku a Shekara ta 1938 a garin Ikyobo, Yankin Ƙaramar Hukumar Ushongo, Jihar Benue . Ya fito ne daga asalin dangin Tiv. Ya yi karatun firamare a makarantar firamare ta Aku tsakanin Shekara ta  1943 da Kuma shekara ta 1947 kuma daga Shekarar 1948 zuwa Shekarar 1951, ya halarci makarantar firamaren Mkar. Ya sami babban karatun sakandare a Kwalejin Gwamnati, Keffi, daga shekarar 1952 zuwa Shekarar 1957, sannan ya yi karatu a Kwaleji ta Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Najeriya (daga baya Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello) daga Shekarar 1958 zuwa shekara ta 1961. Ya yi karatu don digiri a Jami'ar Fourah Bay, Saliyo a cikin shekaru (1961-1964). Ya zama malami a Shekara ta 1964 a makarantar sakandare ta William Bristow, Gboko, sannan daga baya ya koyar a makarantar sakandaren lardin Bauchi da makarantar sakandare ta gwamnati, Gombe . Ya halarci Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zaria a cikin shekaru (1965-1966) don karatun digiri na biyu a Ilimi. A shekara ta 1968 ya shiga Gwamnatin Tarayya kuma ya yi aiki tare da Taimako na waje don Ilimi da Ma'aikatar Kafa ta Tarayya. Ya kasance Shugaban Cibiyar Horar da Tarayya, Kaduna a shekarun (1970-1972) kuma memba na Majalisar Gudanarwa ta Jami'ar Ibadan (1972-1976). 

A watan Mayun shekara ta 1974 kuma a watan Agustan Shekara ta 1974 Aku ya rubuta wa Joseph Dechi Gomwalk, Gwamnan Jihar Benue-Plateau, yana zarginsa da nepotism da laifuffukan kuɗi, kuma ya gabatar da takardar shaidar wannan. Janar Yakubu Gowon ya watsar da zarge-zargen a lokacin kuma ya ba da umarnin tsare Aku. Koyaya, binciken da magajin Gowon Murtala Mohammed ya fara ya tabbatar da Aku, yana mai cewa zargin gaskiya ne.

 Ayyukan siyasa 
Abdullahi Shelleng, gwamnan jihar Benue ne ya naɗa Aper Aku a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Ƙaramar Hukumar Kwande a shekarar 1977. Ya shugabanci majalisa mai adawa saboda ƴan majalisa sun kasance daga ɓangarori daban-daban; wasu ƴan majalisa inda suke da aminci ga Joseph Tarka, mai ba da shawara na Akus da wasu sun kasance masu aminci ga Paul Unongo, shugaban wani sansanin siyasa. Koyaya, an fahimci gwamnatinsa a matsayin mai gaskiya da tasiri. Aku ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban majalisa a shekarar 1978 kuma daga baya ya shiga tseren fidda gwani na jihar Benue a ƙarƙashin tutar Jam'iyyar National Party of Nigeria (NPN). Ya lashe zaben fidda gwani na NPN a kan masu kalubalantar kamar Isaac Shaahu da George Atedze . A shekara ta 1979, ya ci gaba da zama zaɓaɓɓen Gwamna na Jihar Benue kuma an sake zaɓarsa a shekara ta 1983.

Aku ya fuskanci matsaloli masu tsanani a matsayin gwamna a cikin jihar da ke da dogon tarihin sakaci, musamman a yankin kudancin da ƙungiyoyin ƴan tsiraru ke zaune. Koyaya, jihar tana da ƙasa mai kyau da ruwan sama mai yawa, tare da babban damar noma. Aku ya karfafa samar da aikin gona, kuma a lokacin mulkinsa jihar ta samar da amfanin gona na amfanin gona irin su yam, cassava, wake, cowpea, masara, masara na Guinea, millet, groundnut, ayaba, mango da orange. Gwamnati ta kafa masana'antu da yawa don samar da taki da aiwatar da kayan aikin gona, wanda ke kusa da wuraren da aka shuka kayan. Aku ya ƙaddamar da kamfanoni na kasuwanci kamar su Benue Brewery, Benro Packaging, Benue Bottling Company, Lobi Bank, Ber-Agbum Fish Farm, Ikogen Cattle Ranch, Taraku Vegetable Processing Industry da Benue International Hotel a Makurdi. Ya fara Kasuwar Ƙasa da Ƙasa ta Makurɗi kuma ya shirya kafa ma'adinin gari a Makurɗi .  Aku kuma ya gina Sakatariyar Jiha ta zamani

Ya soke aiki a babban cibiyar kiwon lafiya a Apir kuma a maimakon haka ya fara gina asibitoci bakwai a wurare daban-daban. Ya kafa kwalejojin malamai biyu a Oju da Makurdi da Jami'ar Fasaha a Makurɗi. Ya fara wani shiri mai ban sha'awa don faɗaɗa yawan makarantun sakandare. Ya gina hanyoyi a garin Makurɗi kuma ya samar da fitilun titi, ya ba da kwangilar ga Art Council Complex kuma ya fara aiki a filin wasa na Makurɗi.

 Shekaru na ƙarshe 
A ranar 31 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1983 Janar Muhammadu Buhari ya hau mulki a juyin mulki, kuma ya maye gurbin gwamnonin farar hula da jami'an soja. Lokacin da aka cire Aku daga ofishin, an cire kuɗaɗen jihar sosai. Yawancin ayyukan da ya fara daga baya gwamnonin soja suka watsar da su, kuma samar da aikin gona ya ragu. An watsar da tsare-tsaren samar da ruwa da Aku ya fara, kuma ba a kula da ababen more rayuwa da aka gina ba. Har zuwa yau, Gwamna marigayi Aper Aku an dauke shi a matsayin gwamna mafi kyau da ya taɓa mulkin Jihar Benue. Farfesa David Iornem ya taɓa magana game da shi a matsayin jagora mai hangen nesa a gaban lokacinsa.

Buhari ya ɗaure Aku da yawancin sauran gwamnonin, ya kafa kotunan soja don bincika halayensu yayin da suke ofis. Yanayin da Aku ke ciki ya lalace saboda mummunan yanayi a kurkuku, kuma ya mutu a shekarar 1988 jim kaɗan bayan an sake shi. Aku ya bar mata biyu da yara huɗu. A wani taron manema labarai na Shekarar 2008 don tunawa da mutuwarsa, shugaban Jam'iyyar Demokradiyya ta Jama'a (PDP) a jihar ya lura cewa kashi 70% na muhimman ayyukan a Jihar Benue a yau an fara  kammala su a cikin shekaru huɗu na gwamnatin Aku.

 Manazarta 

 Haɗin waje 


Rukuni:Haifaffun 1938
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1988