Abiru Mukhail Adetokunbo

Mukhail Adetokunbo 'Tokunbo' Abiru FCA (born 25 March 1964) is a Nigerian banker and politician. He is the senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at the 9th Nigerian National Assembly.

He attended the six-week Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program and Lagos Business School (Senior Management Program). He holds a BSc (Economics) from Lagos State University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

Abiru rose to the position of executive director at First Bank Nigeria Ltd (2013–2016) and was the Honourable Commissioner of Finance, Lagos State, between 2011 and 2013 under Governor Babatunde R. Fashola (SAN). Prior to this, he served as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank Limited, Nigeria. In July 2016, he was appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as Group Managing Director to oversee the turnaround of Skye Bank, later leading to the formation of Polaris Bank Limited. Abiru has also served on boards such as Airtel Mobile Networks Limited, FBN Capital Limited (now FBN Quest Merchant Bank Limited), FBN Bank Sierra-Leone Limited, and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS).

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he donated 150,000 face masks to primary schools in his district. On 24 August 2020, Abiru resigned from Polaris Bank to contest the Lagos East senatorial election under the All Progressives Congress (APC).

As Honourable Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Abiru floated an N80 billion bond, earning the EMEA Finance's Best Local Currency Bond Award for 2012. He initiated discussions on taxation in Lagos State following the discovery of over 5.5 million tax evaders in 2013. His efforts also contributed to increased Land Use Charge revenue generation, amounting to N6.2 billion.