He is the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at the 9th Nigerian National Assembly.
Abiru rose to the position of executive director at First Bank Nigeria Ltd (2013–16), and was also the Honourable Commissioner of Finance, Lagos State, between 2011 and 2013 under the dynamic and transformational leadership of Babatunde R. Fashola (SAN) as Governor.
[4] Prior to this position, he was the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank Limited, Nigeria.
[5] On 24 August 2020, Abiru resigned from Polaris Bank to contest the Lagos East senatorial election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
[11] Abiru was elected as the senator of Lagos East Senatorial district in a bye-election on 5 December 2020.