Louis Edet

{{Infobox Politician

| name=Louis Orok Edet

| nationality=Nigerian

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| order=1st Inspector General of Police

| term_start=1964

| term_end=1966

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| successor=Kam Selem

| birth_date=1914

| birth_place=Calabar, Cross River State, Southern Nigeria Protectorate

| death_date=1979

| death_place=Nigeria

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| occupation=Police Officer

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Chief Louis Orok Edet QPM (1914–1979) was the Inspector General of the Nigeria 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UKxNBAAAQBAJ&dq=Louis+Edet&pg=PA222|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|last=Siollun|first=Max|date=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867083|language=en}} He was born in Calabar to the family of Edet Essien and Geraldine Orok.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YkEOAQAAMAAJ&q=Louis+Edet|title=Makers of Modern Africa|last1=Uwechue|first1=Raph|last2=Limited|first2=Africa Books|date=1991|publisher=Africa Journal Limited|isbn=9780903274180|language=en}} 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.

The Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja is named after Louis Edet as "Louis Edet House".{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/279062/bua-police-strengthen-ties.html|title=BUA, Police Strengthen Ties|website=Nigerian Voice|access-date=2019-07-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/the-change-of-guard-in-louis-edet-house.html|title=The change of guard in Louis Edet House|last=Agbese|first=Dan|date=2019-01-20|website=Daily Trust|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-14}}