Plate code

ABB Plate Number Meaning: Aboh-Mbaise, Imo

The ABB plate number is registered in Aboh-Mbaise Local Government Area, Imo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the ABB code — Aboh-Mbaise, Imo
A plate issued in Aboh-Mbaise carries the ABB code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

ABB is issued in Aboh Mbaise, the district administered from Aboh. The 2006 census counted 195,652 residents across 184 km², about 1,063 people to the square kilometre. A Nigerian plate opens with three letters for the local government area of registration, and these belong to Aboh Mbaise for as long as the plate exists.

ABB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the ABB code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.

Plate Make Colour Checked
ABB-128AA Golf 1 Custom
ABB-174AA V/Wagen Golf Sal/Car Custom
ABB-236AA Honda Odyssey Custom
ABB-305AA LEXUS JEEP GREY
ABB-419AA Toyota Camry S/Car Gold
ABB-507AA Toyota Hiace Bus Custom
ABB-628AA Camry Custom
ABB-853AA TOYOTA SIENNA CUSTOM
ABB-111AA Honda Civiv Grey
ABB-222AA Nissan Xterra Black
ABB-999AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
ABB-123AA Volvo S 80 S/Car Custom

No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.

What ABB Plates Look Like

13 Plates checked
Honda Most common make — 4 of 13 records

Counted from the 13 ABB plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind ABB

Local Government Area
Aboh-Mbaise
State
Imo
Headquarters
Aboh
Population
195,652 (2006)
Area
184 km²

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the ABB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so ABB places the paperwork in Aboh-Mbaise. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a ABB plate away from Imo is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.

The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.

Questions about the ABB plate number

What does the ABB plate number mean?

ABB is the registration code of Aboh-Mbaise Local Government Area in Imo. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.

Which state is a ABB plate number from?

Imo. The code identifies the local government area — Aboh-Mbaise — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole ABB plate, not just the code?

The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.