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Louis Orok Edet QPM (1914–1979) was the Inspector General of the

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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 Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language. The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers and cre ...

to the family of Edet Essien and Geraldine Orok. After the end of the

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, he devoted his time to helping war

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and later became a commissioner for social services. He established a charity organization to continue his effort. The

headquarters in

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is named after Louis Edet as "Louis Edet House".

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1914 births 1979 deaths People of Efik descent People from Calabar {{police-stub