T0UCHING: First Indigenous Igbo Youth Drone Maker Calls For Support, Reminds Ugwuanyi Of Promises |PHOTOS + VIDEOS ATTACHED
Faith Ukanwa
Dec 01, 2021
25 years old Agbo Samson Emeka, an indigene of Orba Town in Udenu Local Government Area, Nsukka Zone in Enugu State, is the first Igbo indigene to construct a functional drone from scratch.
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Emeka sat for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2015, but could not further his education because of fund as his aged father is down with stroke.
[caption id="attachment_119781" align="aligncenter" width="556"] the drone under construction[/caption]
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Speaking to ALL FACTS NEWSPAPER on his inspiration, the young genius said;
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"From childhood, I've been doing some minor construction. After secondary I had some issues. Then I was already trying to figure out how objects could fly.ÔÇØ
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Years after, he ventured into a small scale business in his hometown to fund the construction of the first drone.
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This first drone, attracted a media house who granted him an interview. This rare invention came to the notice of the Enugu state governor, His Excellency, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who invited Emeka to the state government house.
"after the meeting, the governor awarded me a scholarship that was a very long time ago, within that June period but ever since then, I've been at home, nothing has happened.ÔÇØ
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[caption id="attachment_119783" align="aligncenter" width="755"] Enugu state govt customized drone ready to fly[/caption]
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He said governor Ugwuanyi, had mandated the State Scholarship board to effect his scholarship to study abroad after he was interviewed and confirmed that he constructed the drone.
Emeka said he was not offered a notification of scholarship making it official, however, he has been speaking with a representative of the State Scholarship Board who also interviewed him the day he met the governor. According to this representative, 'the board is still working on the scholarship' till date and the young genius has remained at home wasting his rare talent.
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The customized drone ALL FACTS NEWSPAPER saw, is the second successful drone he has constructed single-handedly.
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[caption id="attachment_119784" align="aligncenter" width="758"] Agbo Samson Emeka, carrying the customized drone in a case[/caption]
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He customized the drone with the Enugu state government's logo in appreciation to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who is also from his LGA, for promising him an academic scholarship.
Emeka said he dismantled the first drone he had constructed to aid him in constructing the second one as he lacks fund to buy all the needed materials.
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[caption id="attachment_119785" align="aligncenter" width="956"] Emeka's drone takes an aerial shot[/caption]
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"I just wanted to get something up in the air. Then when I achieved it I wanted to get a more advanced and unique machine.ÔÇØ
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"I had to dismantle the first one. I couldn't fund the second, so I dismantled the first one, used some of the materials to build a higher oneÔÇØ.
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He said some of the materials used in the construction of the drone which includes; foam board material, aluminium, plywood, gum, motors, were bought from local shops.
[caption id="attachment_119787" align="aligncenter" width="764"] the drone in its case[/caption]
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Emeka who is the first out of 4 children of Mr and Mrs. Agbo Fredrick, is pleading with the Enugu state government to fulfil the promise of sponsoring him to a higher institution of learning outside Nigeria and other goodhearted Nigerians to support his dream.
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Emeka whose talent is not seen every day, wants to further his education and study aeronautics engineering. His academic hope was dashed as his father has been down with stroke since 2016.
His Facebook handle is; Sam West. Phone Number; 07069627512.
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SEE VIDEOS OF THE DRONE FLYING:
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