Louis Orok Edet 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

Calabar

Calabar is a city in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria. The original name for Calabar was Atakpa, from the Jukun language....

 to the family of Edet Essien and Geraldine Orok.

After the end of the Nigerian civil war

Nigerian Civil War

The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, 6 July 1967–15 January 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra...

, 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.

External links

• http://www.mlefoundation.com