Abubakar Umar Tutare
Abubakar Umar Tutare is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Taraba Central Senatorial District of Taraba State, Nigeria in the April 2011 general elections, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. Early political career Tutare was a representative in the Taraba State House of Assembly for two terms. He was appointed commissioner for the Finance, Commerce and Works ministries of the state, and finally Secretary to the State Government (SSG). He was a contender to be PDP candidate for the Taraba Central senate seat in the April 2007 elections, but lost out to Dahiru Bako, who went on to be elected. In June 2010 it was reported that Tutare was being questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged misappropriation of state government funds when he was commissioner of finance under governor Jolly Nyame. Later that month Tutare resigned from his position as SSG so he could compete in the senatorial election for Taraba Central. Senator Tutare won the January 2011 PDP primaries to be the party's candidate in the April 2011 elections and was accepted as candidate by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). However, the PDP leadership decided to substitute the