Plate code

BGM Plate Number Meaning: Asari-Toru, Rivers

The BGM plate number is registered in Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers. 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 BGM code — Asari-Toru, Rivers
A plate issued in Asari-Toru carries the BGM code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Asari-Toru, administered from Baguma, registers as BGM. Its population was about 308,800 in 2016, within 113 km² — some 2,733 people to the square kilometre. The code is replaced only by re-registration in another district; a sale leaves it as it was.

BGM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BGM 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
BGM-128AA HYUNDAI ELENTRA BLACK
BGM-174AA Toyota Corolla Black
BGM-236AA TOYOTA COASTER CUSTOM
BGM-305AA RANGE ROVER 2008 BUCKINGHAM BLUE
BGM-419AA Toyota Corolla Silver
BGM-507AA NISSAN PATHFINDER CUSTOM
BGM-853AA Honda Accord Custom
BGM-956AA TOYOTA CAMRY CUSTOM
BGM-222AA Toyota Corolla Black
BGM-999AA MITSUBISHI PAJERO BLACK
BGM-123AA TOYOTA HIGHLANDER BLUE
BGM-987AA HONDA CIVIC 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.

What BGM Plates Look Like

12 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 6 of 12 records
Black Most common colour — 4 of 8 records

Counted from the 12 BGM 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 BGM

Local Government Area
Asari-Toru
State
Rivers
Headquarters
Baguma
Population
308,800 (2016)
Area
113 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 BGM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BGM places the paperwork in Asari-Toru. 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 BGM plate away from Rivers 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 BGM plate number

What does the BGM plate number mean?

BGM is the registration code of Asari-Toru Local Government Area in Rivers. 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 BGM plate number from?

Rivers. The code identifies the local government area — Asari-Toru — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to BGM in Rivers

Codes either side of BGM in the Rivers directory.

All Rivers plate number codes

Have a whole BGM 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.