Plate code

AJW Plate Number Meaning: Ogo-Oluwa, Oyo

The AJW plate number is registered in Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Area, Oyo. 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 AJW code — Ogo-Oluwa, Oyo
A plate issued in Ogo-Oluwa carries the AJW code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ogo Oluwa, seat at Ajaawa, registers vehicles as AJW. Its population was 65,184 at the 2006 census, spread over 369 km² — roughly 177 for every square kilometre. Oyo State uses thirty-three codes, one for each of its local government areas.

AJW Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AJW 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
AJW-128AA Toyota Picnic S/C Ash
AJW-174AA Nissan Praire Ash
AJW-236AA Toyota Corolla Red
AJW-628AA Hyundai Santa Fe Brown
AJW-853AA Nissan Serena White
AJW-111AA Honda Odyssey Space Car Grey
AJW-222AA Audi 80 v/Wagon Red
AJW-123AA Mit. Lancer Ash

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 AJW

Local Government Area
Ogo-Oluwa
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Ajaawa
Population
65,184 (2006)
Area
369 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 AJW Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AJW places the paperwork in Ogo-Oluwa. 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 AJW plate away from Oyo 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 AJW plate number

What does the AJW plate number mean?

AJW is the registration code of Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 AJW plate number from?

Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Ogo-Oluwa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole AJW 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.