Plate code

AGL Plate Number Meaning: Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Lagos

The AGL plate number is registered in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area, Lagos. 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 AGL code — Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Lagos
A plate issued in Ajeromi-Ifelodun carries the AGL code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

A car showing AGL was entered on the register in Ajeromi-Ifelodun, one of the twenty plate codes Lagos State uses. About 1,017,500 residents (2022) share 12.49 km² in the district, which works out near 81,000 people for every square kilometre. Sell the vehicle in another state and the letters go with it: only re-registration changes them.

AGL Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AGL 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
AGL-128AA Nissan Frontier Yellow
AGL-174AA V/Wagen Golf 2 Custom
AGL-236AA Toyota Rav4 White
AGL-305AA Honda Civic Blue
AGL-419AA Mazda Tribute Jeep Grey
AGL-507AA Toyota Corolla Black
AGL-628AA Toyota Camry Ash
AGL-853AA Toyota Camry Grey
AGL-956AA Toyota Green
AGL-111AA Opel Kadett Green
AGL-222AA Ford Explorer Jeep Silver
AGL-333AA v/w Passat Green
AGL-444AA Mazda 626 S/Car Green
AGL-555AA Toyota 4 Runner Black
AGL-666AA Nissan Altima Green
AGL-777AA Honda Accord Green
AGL-888AA Honda Accord Wine
AGL-999AA Nissan Pathfinder Jeep Blue
AGL-123AA Hyundai Accent Grey
AGL-234AA Toyota Avensis Custom
AGL-345AA Hyundai Santamo Wagon Blue
AGL-456AA Toyota Corolla Blue
AGL-567AA Nissan Pathfinder Jeep Ash
AGL-678AA Pgt 406 Blue
AGL-987AA Toyota Previa Wine

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 AGL Plates Look Like

32 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 11 of 32 records
Blue Most common colour — 7 of 30 records

Counted from the 32 AGL 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 AGL

Local Government Area
Ajeromi-Ifelodun
State
Lagos
Population
1,017,500 (2022)
Area
12.49 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 AGL Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AGL places the paperwork in Ajeromi-Ifelodun. 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 AGL plate away from Lagos 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 AGL plate number

What does the AGL plate number mean?

AGL is the registration code of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area in Lagos. 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 AGL plate number from?

Lagos. The code identifies the local government area — Ajeromi-Ifelodun — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Can I find out who owns a AGL plate number?

No, and not from any public source. Registration holders are personal data held by the FRSC and the state motor vehicle administration agency, released to the police, the courts and insurers through their own channels. What is public is the code, which is what this page publishes.

Is a AGL plate valid outside Lagos?

Yes. A Nigerian plate is valid nationwide, and the code simply records where the registration was issued. Re-registration is what changes the code, and it is not required merely because the vehicle has moved.

How do I check a full AGL plate number?

Use the plate lookup on our verify page: type the whole plate, and it reads the three-letter prefix and returns the local government area and the state. To find out what the vehicle has been through, check it by VIN instead.

Have a whole AGL 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.