Succeeded by Kam Salem Role Police officer Name Louis Edet | Occupation Police Officer Nationality Nigerian Died 1979 | |
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Louis Orok Edet (1914–1979) was the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force from 1964–1966. He was the first indigenous Nigerian to occupy the position. He was briefly the chairman of the Nigerian Football Association in the early 1960s.
He was born in Calabar to the family of Edet Essien and Geraldine Orok.
After the end of the Nigerian civil war, he devoted his time to helping war refugees and later became a commissioner for social services. He established a charity organization to continue his effort.
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