An zabi Abdulahi Bala Adamu a matsayin Sanata mai wakiltar mazabar Taraba ta Arewa a jihar Taraba, Najeriya a farkon Jamhuriya ta Hudu ta Najeriya, wanda ke gudana a dandalin Jam’iyyar PDP. Ya hau mulki a ranar 29 ga Mayu 1999. Adamu an bashie Sakataren Gwamnatin Jihar Taraba tsakanin 1994 zuwa 1997. Ya kasance memba na Jam'iyyar All People's Party (APP) a jihar Taraba, amma ya koma PDP inda tikitin takara ya samu nasarar tsayawa takarar kujerar sanatan Taraba ta Arewa a 1999. Bayan ya hau kujerar sa a Majalisar Dattawa a watan Yunin 1999, an nada shi kwamitoci kan Dokoki & Hanyoyi, Tsaro & Hankali, Shari'a, Kimiyya & Fasaha (mataimakin shugaban), Albarkatun Ruwa da Bayanai (mataimakin shugaban). Zuwa watan Agusta na shekarar 2002 Adamu ya fara kamfen don neman kujeran gwamnan jihar Taraba. Sai dai gwamna mai ci Jolly Nyame ya yi nasara da gagarumin rinjaye. A watan Mayun 2009 Ministan Babban Birnin Tarayya, Sanata Muhammad Adamu Aliero, ya rantsar da Adamu a matsayin babban sakataren ci gaban zamantakewa a Babban Birnin Tarayya .