Plate code

BBB Plate Number Meaning: Ibi, Taraba

The BBB plate number is registered in Ibi Local Government Area, Taraba. 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 BBB code — Ibi, Taraba
A plate issued in Ibi carries the BBB code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ibi, seat at Ibi town, registers vehicles as BBB. The 2006 census counted 84,054 residents across 2,672 km² — roughly 31 for every square kilometre. Taraba State uses sixteen codes, one per local government area, and a plate keeps the one it was issued under.

BBB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BBB 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
BBB-628AA Honda ACCORD CUSTOM
BBB-111AA TOYOTA CAMRY BLUE
BBB-222AA PEUGEOT 406 406 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 BBB

Local Government Area
Ibi
State
Taraba
Headquarters
Ibi
Population
84,054 (2006)
Area
2,672 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 BBB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BBB places the paperwork in Ibi. 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 BBB plate away from Taraba 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 BBB plate number

What does the BBB plate number mean?

BBB is the registration code of Ibi Local Government Area in Taraba. 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 BBB plate number from?

Taraba. The code identifies the local government area — Ibi — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to BBB in Taraba

Codes either side of BBB in the Taraba directory.

All Taraba plate number codes

Have a whole BBB 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.