Born 1956 in Kaduna, Nigeria, Odukoya went on to study petroleum engineering at the
University of Ibadan. In 1980, Odukoya met Bimbo Williams at the
University of Ibadan. They married on 3 November 1984 at the Yaba Baptist Church. They had three children; now pastors
Tolu Odukoya-Ijogun (b. September 20, 1985) and
Jimmy Odukoya (b. April 27, 1987), and Tobi Enuha (b. June 11, 1990). On 10 December 2005,
Bimbo Odukoya, along with 102 other people, died in the crash of
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145. Five years later, on 5 January 2010, Taiwo Odukoya married Rosemary "Nomthi" Simangele Zulu from South Africa (1974-2021). They had two boys. Timilehin Odukoya (b. August 26, 2010)and Jomiloju Odukoya (b. December 8, 2011) In 2014, nine years after the death of his first wife, Odukoya readdressed the matter of the plane crash that made him a widower. He claimed that pastors should use private jets: such aircraft better facilitate pastoral ministry and are a safer means of travel than commercial flights. In November 2021, Odukoya lost his second wife to cancer. On 9 November, he said that she "battled cancer for the better part of two years". A month after Nomthi died, Odukoya then lost his twin sister Kehinde Olufunmilayo Hassan née Odukoya on 26 December 2021, also to cancer. Odukoya died in the United States on 7 August 2023 at the age of 67. Following Odukoya's death, his two eldest children Jimmy and Tolu, respectively became the Senior Pastor and the Associate Senior Pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, from September 2023. == Outreaches ==