Apo Garki residents raise alarm over alleged noise pollution

•Begs FCT Minister to intervene

By Stanley Onyekwere

Abuja residents living around the Apo Bridge interchange, in Garki district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have raised alarm over a purported noise pollution and public nuisance by a company in an area operating as a park and garden facility.
In a letter from their solicitors, Ejike Ugwu & Associates, to the FCT Minister, dated 19 November, 2025, the residents represented by one Chf. Obidi I. Ume, alleged that the company, Palm D’or Parks and Garden has deliberately refused to moderate its sound system.
They also alleged that the said firm is using the area, which is designated as a transport corridor in the original Abuja Master Plan as Plot 2324.
According to the residents, in 2021, the Abuja Environment and Protection Board (AEPB) had intervened, and series of meetings were also held with the FCT Development Control Department over the incessant noise pollution, a problem that has remained unsolved till date.
“It is very unfortunate that despite being suffered by the residents, the AEPB, FCT Development Control Department and the Parks and Recreation Department have continued to shield Palm D’or ensuring that the problem remains unresolved.
“The Palm D’or have consciously refused to moderate thier sound system having full knowledge that they are surrounded by residential houses, and that the plot they are occupying is strictly as transport corridor in the Abuja Master Plan,” the residents stated in the letter.
To this end, the residents therefore appealed to the FCT Minister to investigate the allegations and use his good office and shut down Palm D’or Garden and Park.