[2] After taking his seat in the Senate[3] in June 1999, Ararume was appointed to committees on Communications, Police Affairs, Federal Character, Finance & Appropriation, Information and Niger Delta (vice chair).
He started his formal education at Saint Christopher Primary School, Umuluwe, Ajirija in Isiala Mbano.
Prior to his election as a senator in 1999, Ararume was the state chairman of the defunct All Peoples Party (APP).
He later joined the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) where he contested the gubernatorial election in 2011 but lost to Rochas Okorocha of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
[9] In 2014, Ararume rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party and contested for its gubernatorial nomination in 2015, which he lost to Chukwuemeka Ihedioha.
[10] He later decamped again from PDP to All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined with the incumbent governor Okorocha during the 2015 governorship election.
On 5 September 2018, Senator Ararume left the ruling party APC and joined APGA where he is currently contesting the gubernatorial nomination.