She was elected Senator for the Abuja Federal Capital Territory constituency, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
[10] This may have been due to her previous support for a move to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo.
[8] In January 2003, she announced her decision to move to the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) due to unfair treatment by the PDP.
[11] In August 2005, six years after marriage, Abdulrazaq-Gwadabe gave birth to her first child, a boy, at a hospital in Miami, Florida, US.
The father of the new baby, Colonel Lawan Gwadabe, was former military governor of Niger State.