ABD Plate Number Meaning: Orhionmwon, Edo
The ABD plate number is registered in Orhionmwon Local Government Area, Edo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
ABD is issued in Orhionmwon, the district administered from Abudu. The 2006 census counted 206,717 residents across 2,382 km², about 87 people to the square kilometre. The opening three letters of a Nigerian plate name the local government area of registration, and these are Orhionmwon's.
ABD Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the ABD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABD-128AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 3 | CUSTOM | |
| ABD-174AA | GOLF 1998 | BLACK | |
| ABD-236AA | AUDI 80 | CUSTOM | |
| ABD-305AA | V/WAGEN AUDI 80 | DARK BLUE | |
| ABD-419AA | TOYOTA CARINA E | ASH | |
| ABD-628AA | VOLKS WAGEN GOLF | RED | |
| ABD-853AA | VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT | BLUE | |
| ABD-956AA | VOLVO 740 | ASH | |
| ABD-111AA | HONDA CRV | ASH | |
| ABD-222AA | VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT | BLACK | |
| ABD-999AA | VOLKSWAGEN JETA | GREY |
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 ABD Plates Look Like
Counted from the 11 ABD 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 ABD
- Local Government Area
- Orhionmwon
- State
- Edo
- Headquarters
- Abudu
- Population
- 206,717 (2006)
- Area
- 2,382 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 ABD Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so ABD places the paperwork in Orhionmwon. 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 ABD plate away from Edo 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 ABD plate number
What does the ABD plate number mean?
ABD is the registration code of Orhionmwon Local Government Area in Edo. 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 ABD plate number from?
Edo. The code identifies the local government area — Orhionmwon — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to ABD in Edo
Codes either side of ABD in the Edo directory.
Have a whole ABD 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.