AFR Plate Number Meaning: Ahiazu-Mbaise, Imo
The AFR plate number is registered in Ahiazu-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.
Ahiazu Mbaise, seat at Afororu, registers vehicles as AFR. Its population was 170,902 at the 2006 census, spread over 114 km² — roughly 1,499 for every square kilometre. Imo State uses twenty-seven codes, one per local government area, and a car keeps the one it was papered under until it is registered elsewhere.
AFR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the AFR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFR-128AA | Xterra Jeep | Custom | |
| AFR-174AA | V/Wagen Audi A6 | Custom | |
| AFR-236AA | Toyota Sienna | Custom | |
| AFR-305AA | 244 | Custom | |
| AFR-419AA | HONDA ACCORD | GREY | |
| AFR-507AA | Toyota Sienna | Custom | |
| AFR-628AA | Accord | Custom | |
| AFR-741AA | VOLKSWAGEN SHARAN | BLUE | |
| AFR-111AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| AFR-222AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| AFR-123AA | V/Wagen Passat 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 AFR Plates Look Like
Counted from the 11 AFR 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 AFR
- Local Government Area
- Ahiazu-Mbaise
- State
- Imo
- Headquarters
- Afororu
- Population
- 170,902 (2006)
- Area
- 114 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 AFR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AFR places the paperwork in Ahiazu-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 AFR 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 AFR plate number
What does the AFR plate number mean?
AFR is the registration code of Ahiazu-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 AFR plate number from?
Imo. The code identifies the local government area — Ahiazu-Mbaise — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to AFR in Imo
Codes either side of AFR in the Imo directory.
Have a whole AFR 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.