Bello Mohammed Tukur (born 1 January 1960) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing Adamawa Central senatorial district from 2011 to 2015.
[1] Tukur became deputy governor due to the influence of Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
For the 2007 elections, he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and attempted to become the Action Congress candidate for governor, but after failing to win the party's primary, he returned to the PDP as a supporter of Professor Jibril Aminu, and Admiral Murtala Nyako.
[3] A wealthy man, Tukur was a late entrant in the competition for the 2011 PDP nomination for Adamawa Central Senatorial District, which he was said to have won due to Nyako's influence.
[5] In the 9 April 2011 election for the Adamawa Central Senatorial seat, Tukur won with 95,806 votes.