Minister of State for Interior Hassan Haruna of Nigeria

Haruna is one of the ministers dropped by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, during the recent cabinet reshuffle.

Mohammadu Hassan confessed during the trial that he severed the hand of Hassan Haruna with a machete after tracking him down when Haruna had sent emissaries to call his wife out of their home.

He said Haruna fled when he saw him approaching with the machete, but he had caught up with his victim and immediately chopped off his hand.

Haruna had sent emissaries to call his wife out of their home.

Earlier, the Minister of State Ministry of Interior, Alhaji Hassan Haruna said the E-Passport was designed to solve most of the problems associated with multiple acquisition of Nigerian International Passport and other financial crimes.