ors ▁with ▁military ▁officers . ▁ ▁When ▁A ku ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁office ▁the ▁state ' s ▁fin ances ▁were ▁sever ely ▁over dra wn . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁projects ▁he ▁had ▁begun ▁were ▁later ▁abandoned ▁by ▁the ▁later ▁military ▁govern ors , ▁and ▁agricult ural ▁production ▁pl ung ed . ▁The ▁elaborate ▁water ▁supply ▁schemes ▁that ▁A ku ▁had ▁initi ated ▁was ▁abandoned , ▁and ▁the ▁infrastr ucture ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁built ▁was ▁not ▁maintained . ▁To ▁this ▁day , ▁the ▁Late ▁Governor ▁A per ▁A ku ▁is ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁governor ▁to ▁ever ▁govern ▁Ben ue ▁State . ▁Professor ▁David ▁I orn em ▁once ▁referred ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁vision ary ▁leader ▁ahead ▁of ▁his ▁time . ▁ ▁Bu h ari ▁ja iled ▁A ku ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁Govern ors , ▁setting ▁up ▁military ▁trib un als ▁to ▁investigate ▁their ▁conduct ▁while ▁in ▁office . ▁A ku ' s ▁health ▁was ▁broken ▁by ▁the ▁har sh ▁conditions ▁in ▁j ail , ▁and ▁he ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁shortly ▁after ▁being ▁released . ▁A ku ▁left ▁two ▁w ives ▁and ▁four ▁children . ▁At ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁press ▁conference ▁to ▁mark ▁the ▁anni versary ▁of ▁his ▁death , ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁( P DP ) ▁leader ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁noted ▁that ▁ 7 0 % ▁of ▁important ▁projects ▁in ▁Ben ue ▁State ▁today ▁were ▁started ▁or ▁completed ▁during ▁the ▁four ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁A ku ▁administration . ▁ ▁References ▁