Plate code

BDG Plate Number Meaning: Badagry, Lagos

The BDG plate number is registered in Badagry 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 BDG code — Badagry, Lagos
A plate issued in Badagry carries the BDG code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Plates issued at Badagry carry BDG. The town gives the district both its name and its administrative seat, and the 2006 census counted 241,093 people over 441 km², roughly 547 to the square kilometre. Codes are assigned by district, so two cars registered on the same street share these three letters and differ only in the digits and the pair that follow.

BDG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BDG 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
BDG-128AA Opel Astra Wine
BDG-174AA Toyota Camry Green
BDG-236AA Nissan Trade Bus White
BDG-305AA Audi 7 Grey
BDG-419AA v/Wagen Golf Blue
BDG-507AA Opel Vectra Blue
BDG-628AA Nissan Primera Blue
BDG-741AA Peugeot 206 S/Car Blue
BDG-853AA Renault Espace Wine
BDG-111AA Toyota Sequoia Blue
BDG-222AA Infinti Jeep Qx4 White
BDG-333AA MAXIMA Wine
BDG-444AA Toyota 4 Ash
BDG-555AA Toyota Sienna White
BDG-666AA Toyota Camry Gold
BDG-777AA Toyota Camry Black
BDG-888AA Toyota 4 Black
BDG-999AA Range Jeep Blue
BDG-123AA Honda Accord Gold
BDG-234AA Toyota Highlander Blue
BDG-456AA Toyota Sienna Red
BDG-567AA Ford Focus s/c Black
BDG-678AA Volkswagen Passat Black
BDG-789AA V/Wagen Passat Custom
BDG-987AA V/Wagen Golf S/C Blue

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 BDG Plates Look Like

32 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 11 of 30 records
Blue Most common colour — 9 of 31 records

Counted from the 32 BDG 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 BDG

Local Government Area
Badagry
State
Lagos
Headquarters
Badagry
Population
241,093 (2006)
Area
441 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 BDG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

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

What does the BDG plate number mean?

BDG is the registration code of Badagry 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 BDG plate number from?

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

Can I find out who owns a BDG 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 BDG 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 BDG 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 BDG 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.