Plate code

AYT Plate Number Meaning: Ibarapa North, Oyo

The AYT plate number is registered in Ibarapa North 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 AYT code — Ibarapa North, Oyo
A plate issued in Ibarapa North carries the AYT code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

AYT marks Ibarapa North. Around 101,092 people lived across its 1,218 km² at the 2006 census, about 83 to the square kilometre. A plate lookup returns the district and the state behind three letters, and nothing about who owns the vehicle now.

AYT Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AYT 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
AYT-128AA V/Wagen Golf Green
AYT-174AA M/Benz 190 Black
AYT-236AA Honda s/Car Ash
AYT-305AA Nissan Almera S/Car Black
AYT-741AA Toyota Yaris Black
AYT-111AA Toyota Corolla S/C Ash
AYT-222AA Hiace White
AYT-123AA Toyota Hiace Bus White

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 AYT

Local Government Area
Ibarapa North
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Ayete
Population
101,092 (2006)
Area
1,218 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 AYT Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AYT places the paperwork in Ibarapa North. 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 AYT 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 AYT plate number

What does the AYT plate number mean?

AYT is the registration code of Ibarapa North 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 AYT plate number from?

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

Have a whole AYT 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.