Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1950, Salami ya kasance sakatare na Kungiyar Kasuwancin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci ta Ibadan, rawar da ta haɗa da rarrabuwa da biyan kuɗi don kayan da membobin hadin gwiwar suka kawo. Bayan aikinsa tare da hadin gwiwar, daga baya ya yi aiki tare da UAC. A lokacin kafin samun 'yancin kai, Salami ya shiga kungiyar Mabolaje Alliance ta Adegoke Adelabu. A shekara ta 1954, ya lashe zaben a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Majalisar Gundumar Ibadan a karkashin tutar NCNC kuma a shekarar 1956, ya ci gaba da lashe zaben a Majalisar Dokokin Yammacin Turai, inda ya kayar da mai ci, Akinloye. Bayan mutuwar Adelabu a shekarar 1958, rikicin da ya faru a cikin reshen NCNC na Ibadan ya haifar da ficewar Salami daga NCNC. Bayan haka, ya haɗu da Action Group kuma ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar Akintola. An sake zabarsa a cikin Majalisar Gundumar Ibadan a shekarar 1961 kuma daga baya aka nada shi a matsayin darektan zartarwa, Western Nigeria Development Corporation. Bayan juyin mulkin soja na 15 ga Janairu, 1966
Salami ya kasance a tsare har tsawon watanni biyar kafin sojoji suka sake shi a lokacin juyin mulki na Yuli 1966.