Abubakar Haruna

The profile for Abubakar Haruna lists birth date 1985-01-01, gender male, qualifications as First School Leaving Certificate, SSCE, and Diploma, and identifies Hauwa'u Bello as running mate. The same source text also includes biographical details for Haruna Abubakar (born 6 June 1952 in Lafia, Nasarawa State; died 27 February 2005), describing him as a lawyer and politician educated at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

According to that included account, Haruna Abubakar served as legal adviser to the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Company Secretary and Legal Advisor to Benue Cement Company, and Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General of Plateau State. It also states he ran as running mate to Bagudu Hirse in Plateau State, later served as Managing Director of the Pipelines and Petroleum Products Marketing Company during General Sani Abacha's regime, was elected Senator for Nasarawa South on the PDP platform and took office on 3 June 1999, served on several Senate committees, became Deputy Senate President in 1999 before resigning in November, contested the 2003 Nasarawa governorship election under the NDP against Abdullahi Adamu, and was buried in Lafia after his death in London.