Kammala wannan jumla: A 1950, Salami ya kasance sakataren Kungiyar Kasuwancin Kasuwancin Ibadan Kungiyar hadin gwiwar da ke da hannu a cikin 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
Ranar 15 ga Janairu, 1966, an tsare Salami a kurkuku na tsawon watanni biyar kafin sojoji suka sake shi a lokacin juyin mulki na Yuli 1966.