Plate code

ASU Plate Number Meaning: Askira-Uba, Borno

The ASU plate number is registered in Askira-Uba Local Government Area, Borno. 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 ASU code — Askira-Uba, Borno
A plate issued in Askira-Uba carries the ASU code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Askira/Uba registers vehicles as ASU. Its population was 138,091 at the 2006 census, spread over 2,362 km², roughly 58 for every square kilometre. Borno State runs twenty-seven codes, one for each local government area, and a plate shows the one it was issued under rather than where the car is kept.

ASU Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the ASU 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
ASU-128AA PEUGEOT 504 CUSTOM
ASU-305AA HONDA CIVIC CUSTOM
ASU-507AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
ASU-741AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF CUSTOM
ASU-956AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
ASU-111AA TOYOTA COROLLA CUSTOM
ASU-999AA MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS 180 DARK BLUE
ASU-123AA HONDA CIVIC CUSTOM
ASU-987AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 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 ASU

Local Government Area
Askira-Uba
State
Borno
Headquarters
Askira
Population
138,091 (2006)
Area
2,362 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 ASU Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so ASU places the paperwork in Askira-Uba. 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 ASU plate away from Borno 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 ASU plate number

What does the ASU plate number mean?

ASU is the registration code of Askira-Uba Local Government Area in Borno. 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 ASU plate number from?

Borno. The code identifies the local government area — Askira-Uba — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to ASU in Borno

Codes either side of ASU in the Borno directory.

All Borno plate number codes

Have a whole ASU 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.