[2][3] Laah had been the senator representing Kaduna south senatorial district since 2015.
On 23 February 2019, he was re-elected into office having garnered 268,287 defeating Yusuf Barnabas Bala of the All Progressives Congress who had 133,923 votes.
[4] As a senator, he spoke of ways to make peace in southern Kaduna by ensuring that there is no religious barrier between Christians and Muslims.
[6] This he sponsored alongside the bill for the establishment of Police College, Tum.
Laah is a recipient of the DINMA 2009 Award for Accounting when he was serving as the deputy director of Finance and Accounts Division at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Pension Board, Abuja.