Drone Maker, Agbo Samson Emeka Awarded Scholarship By Gov Ugwuanyi

A 25-year old, Agbo Samson Emeka, an indigene of Orba Town in Udenu Local Government Area, Nsukka Zone in Enugu State, the first Igbo indigene to construct a functional drone from scratch, has been awarded a scholarship by the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

The young Emeka had sat for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2015, but could not further his education because of funds as his aged father is down with stroke.

Speaking to newsmen on his inspiration, the young man said, “From my childhood, I’ve been doing some minor constructions. After my Secondary School, I had some issues. But by then, I was already trying to figure out how objects could fly”.

Years after, he ventured into a small scale business in his hometown to fund the construction of the first drone.

This first drone attracted a media house, which granted him an interview. The invention came to the notice of the Enugu State Governor, His Excellency Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who invited Emeka to the State Government House.

He said Gov Ugwuanyi has mandated the State Scholarship board to effect his scholarship to study abroad after he was interviewed and it was confirmed that he constructed the drone.

He customized the drone with the Enugu State Government’s logo in appreciation to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who is also from his Local Government Area, 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 lacked fund to buy all the needed materials.

“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.”

“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 one.”

He said some of the materials used in the construction of the drone which included foam board material, aluminum, plywood, gum, motors, were bought from local shops.

Emeka, who is the first out of 4 children of Mr. and Mrs. Agbo Fredrick, plans to study Aeronautics Engineering.