An haife shi a ranar 17 ga Mayu, 1951. Shi tsohon dan kwallon ne da ya buga wa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya wasa daga 1972–1980.  Ya lashe kyautar ne "Gwarzon dan kwallon shekara" a shekarar 1978 bayan ya lashe gasar cin kofin kasashen Afirka a 1980 yayin da yake wakiltar Najeriya. Ya lashe nasarar zama gwarzon dan kwallon kafa a duniya na shekarar 1978. Kuma ya lashe gasar kofin Afirka ta shekarar 1989/1981. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/okala-intl.html http://www.sunnewsonline.com/new/emmanuel-okala-memoirs-of-nigerias-tallest-goalkeeper/