Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Muna 1950, Salami aiva munyori weIbadan Cooperative Produce Marketing Union, basa raibatanidza kuongororwa uye kubhadharwa kwezvinhu zvaiunzwa nenhengo dzemakambani. Pashure pokunge apedza basa rake nekambani yemubatanidzwa, akazoshanda neUAC. Munguva isati yasununguka, Salami akabatana neMabolaje Alliance yaAdegoke Adelabu. Muna 1954, akahwina musarudzo yemakanzuru kuIbadan District Council pasi pemureza weNCNC uye muna 1956, akaenderera mberi kuhwina sarudzo kuWestern House of Assembly, achikunda mutungamiri, Akinloye. Mushure mekufa kwaAdelabu muna 1958, dambudziko mukati meIbadan NCNC bazi rakatungamira kubuda kwaSalami kubva kuNCNC. Pashure pacho, akabatana neAction Group uye aiva nhengo yeboka raAkintola. Akasarudzwa zvakare kupinda muIbadan District Council muna 1961 uye akazogadzwa semutungamiriri mukuru, Western Nigeria Development Corporation. Pashure pokuchinja kwechiuto kwaJanuary 15, 1966
Salami akaiswa mutirongo kwemwedzi mishanu asati asunungurwa nemasoja panguva yekurwisa-kuputsa kwaJuly 1966.