AFZ Plate Number Meaning: Owan-East, Edo
The AFZ plate number is registered in Owan-East 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.
Owan East, seat at Afuze, registers vehicles as AFZ. Its population was 154,385 at the 2006 census, spread over 1,240 km² — roughly 125 for every square kilometre. Edo State uses eighteen codes, one for each of its local government areas.
AFZ Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the AFZ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFZ-128AA | V/WAGEN PASSAT | RED | |
| AFZ-174AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | OX-BLOOD(RED) | |
| AFZ-236AA | M/BENZ 1987 | ASH | |
| AFZ-305AA | VOLKSWAGEN AUDI 80 | OXBLOOD | |
| AFZ-419AA | V-WAGEN SATANNA 1985 | GREY | |
| AFZ-507AA | RX 330 | LIGHT METALLIC GOLD | |
| AFZ-741AA | PASSAT VENTO VOLTSWAGEN | CUSTOM | |
| AFZ-956AA | AUDI 80 | LIGHT OX BLOOD | |
| AFZ-222AA | NISSAN PATHFINDER | BEIGE | |
| AFZ-999AA | MERCEDES-BENZ E200 | CUSTOM | |
| AFZ-123AA | NISSAN PATHFINDER 1998 | BLACK | |
| AFZ-987AA | MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS | 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 AFZ Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 AFZ 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 AFZ
- Local Government Area
- Owan-East
- State
- Edo
- Headquarters
- Afuze
- Population
- 154,385 (2006)
- Area
- 1,240 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 AFZ Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AFZ places the paperwork in Owan-East. 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 AFZ 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 AFZ plate number
What does the AFZ plate number mean?
AFZ is the registration code of Owan-East 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 AFZ plate number from?
Edo. The code identifies the local government area — Owan-East — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to AFZ in Edo
Codes either side of AFZ in the Edo directory.
Have a whole AFZ 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.