[4] He also represented the Nigerian national team, making his debut against Morocco in a qualification match for the 1984 Olympics.
[9] In 1994, he was named as the club's sole administrator, overseeing their victories in the National League and Federation Cup in 1995.
[4] He was appointed president of Gabros International in 1999, and later moved to Julius Berger, where he served as general manager for two years.
[1] In 2012, he was one of four NFF officials that were arrested amid accusations that money had gone missing after the 2010 World Cup, and in 2013, he was issued with a ban from football-related activities for 10 years after allegedly preventing the transfer of Olarenwaju Kayode.
[17] His older brother, also called Taiwo, was a national champion in the 400 metres hurdles and died in the 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash.
[8][9] He took fours years out of his football career to study in the United States, taking Textile Engineering at Clemson University in South Carolina, via an athletics scholarship.