Aishatu is the Executive Director and Founder of Baba Azimi Foundation (BAF), an organization providing effective protection services for women, children, and persons with disabilities. BAF particularly works towards making these services accessible to gender-based violence survivors. Before founding BAF, Aishatu worked as the Director of Justice Sector Reform in the Government, coordinating justice sector institutions and reform in Jigawa state Nigeria. Aishatu holds a master's degree in Law from the University of Warwick.