AFH Plate Number Meaning: Essien-Udim, Akwa Ibom
The AFH plate number is registered in Essien-Udim Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
AFH is the Essien Udim code, administered from Afaha Ikot-Ebak. About 246,600 residents (2022) live over 298.10 km², some 827 to the square kilometre. Akwa Ibom registers vehicles under thirty-one codes, one for each of its local government areas. The letters are fixed at first registration and are not reissued when a car changes hands.
AFH Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the AFH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFH-128AA | VOLKSWAGEN AUDI 80 | CUSTOM | |
| AFH-174AA | Volkswagen Golf | Custom | |
| AFH-305AA | TOYOTA AVALON | GREEN | |
| AFH-741AA | VOLKSWAGEN V/Wagen Golf | Blue | |
| AFH-853AA | DAIHATSU HIJET | 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.
The District Behind AFH
- Local Government Area
- Essien-Udim
- State
- Akwa Ibom
- Headquarters
- Afaha Ikot-Ebak
- Population
- 246,600 (2022)
- Area
- 298.1 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 AFH Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AFH places the paperwork in Essien-Udim. 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 AFH plate away from Akwa Ibom 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 AFH plate number
What does the AFH plate number mean?
AFH is the registration code of Essien-Udim Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. 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 AFH plate number from?
Akwa Ibom. The code identifies the local government area — Essien-Udim — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to AFH in Akwa Ibom
Codes either side of AFH in the Akwa Ibom directory.
Have a whole AFH 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.