Abubakar Umar Tutare (born 13 February 1965) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Taraba Central senatorial district from 2011 to 2015.
[2] 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.
[3] Later that month Tutare resigned from his position as SSG so he could compete in the senatorial election for Taraba Central.
On 12 March 2011 Governor Danbaba Suntai visited Mutum Biyu, the headquarters of Gassol local government area, and tried to give Bako his flag to formally start his campaign.
[9] The INEC declared Tutare the winner of the April elections with 126,165 votes, ahead of Abubakar Ahmed Rufi of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) with 25,900 and Mustapha JH.