About Ola Western
The Person. The Journey. The Leader.
Not a politician visiting the community — a neighbour who has lived it, invested in it, and been tested by it.
Official campaign portrait — released with the APC flagbearer announcement.
Photo: Festac OnlinePublic Record
The Candidate File
The standard public details voters are entitled to. Only what the campaign has confirmed in writing is published here.
- Full Name
- Hon. Engr. Folorunsho Olaitan Segun
- Popularly known as Ola Western
- Office Sought
- Member, Lagos State House of Assembly
- Amuwo-Odofin Constituency I (Festac I–III & Mile 2)
- Party
- All Progressives Congress (APC)
- Flagbearer after winning the party primary
- Profession
- Certified Civil Engineer · Chief Executive Officer, Western Concrete
- Civil engineering and construction firm headquartered in FESTAC Town
- Residence
- Lives and works in FESTAC Town, Amuwo-Odofin
- Business and campaign HQ both on the constituency ground he represents
- Constituency Base
- FESTAC Town, Amuwo-Odofin
- Campaign HQ
- 32 Road by 3rd Avenue, FESTAC Town
- Languages
- English · Nigerian Pidgin · Yoruba
- ＋ Date of Birth — not confirmed
- ＋ State of Origin — not confirmed
- ＋ Marital Status / Family — not confirmed
- ＋ Education — not confirmed
- ＋ Faith — not confirmed
The Journey
Rooted in FESTAC, proven by service
- 1
Roots
One of FESTAC Town’s own
A certified civil engineer who lives and works inside the constituency — Western Concrete and the campaign office at 32 Road by 3rd Avenue both stand on the same streets Ola Western walks every day.
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2018–2021
Delivering before office
Clean-water boreholes financed and built across six Amuwo-Odofin wards; heavy equipment deployed to desilt the chronic 7th Avenue drainage blockages in FESTAC Town, after earlier work in Mile 2 Wards A1 and A2 — executed with the local legislative council and covered by the press.
- 3
2022–2023
The party’s choice; the roads follow
Won the May 2022 APC primary with 12 of 20 accredited delegate votes under INEC-witnessed structures, then carried detailed civil assessments to the State Governor — securing executive approval for the rehabilitation of six FESTAC roads, headlined by the rebuilt 1st Avenue.
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2024–2025
Service between the cycles
The Ola Western Food Fest fed over 1,000 households — elderly residents, widows, youths and persons with disabilities; an indigent healthcare fund began settling hospital bills; Mile 2 youths were negotiated into the NIWA jetty project; and Take Back FESTAC gave him a Community Builders Award.
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2026
A 3,000-vote mandate
Emerged from the May 2026 APC primary as the consensus flagbearer for Constituency I with over 3,000 votes across the wards, then stood before the ARBR civic forum in August to pledge an accountable legislative plan for the 2027 election.
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Now
The general election campaign
Running for the Lagos State House of Assembly on a single promise: governance that moves "... towards responsible representation".
Core Values
What “Responsible Representation” means in practice
Accessibility
A legislator reachable by every constituent — he lives and works in FESTAC Town, the office at 32 Road stays open, ward town halls stay scheduled, and the WhatsApp desk stays answered.
Constituent Feedback
A permanent Department of Community Engagement — ward-level data on broken infrastructure and local priorities carried directly into legislative motions and oversight actions.
Legislative Transparency
Every bill, motion and oversight activity published in plain language — voters always know what their representative did with their mandate.
Engineering-led delivery
Private-sector technical capacity pointed at public problems: civil assessments behind six approved road rehabilitations, and youth programmes that teach skills — construction, clean energy, digital, logistics — instead of handing out short-term cash.
On The Ground
FESTAC Town, in pictures
APC Amuwo-Odofin rallies behind Ola Western for the 2027 assembly poll.
Photo: P.M. Express
Food Fest, March 2024 — palliatives distributed to more than 1,000 households.
Photo: P.M. Express
Flagbearer night, May 2026 — 3,000+ votes in Amuwo-Odofin Constituency I.
Photo: Festac OnlineParty Unity
Endorsed across APC leadership in Amuwo-Odofin
“The party structure speaks with one voice: Ola Western is the consensus candidate who can deliver Constituency I to the House of Assembly.”
Prince Lanre Sanusi
APC LGA Chairman, Amuwo-Odofin
“His track record in the community is visible on every street — this is a man who has already served before asking for the vote.”
Otunba Dotun Adegbola
APC Leadership, Amuwo-Odofin
“A unifier. Women, traders and youth of FESTAC and Mile 2 see their own struggles reflected in his agenda.”
Alhaja Memunat Ajao
APC Leadership, Amuwo-Odofin
The mandate, twice: 12 of 20 accredited delegate votes in the May 2022 APC primary — and over 3,000 votes across the wards in May 2026, the widest consensus in the race. Both certified by the party’s own structures and covered in the press (see the sources).