She won gold medal in 800 metres at the 1982 African Championships in Athletics in Cairo.

She also competed for Uganda in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the same event, but did not progress to the finals.

[1] Adiru was a member of the University of Alabama track and field team from 1984 to 1989.

Adiru's daughter, Sura Yekka, is a member of the University of Michigan women's soccer team and the Canadian women's national soccer team.

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