Plate code

BGT Plate Number Meaning: Ogbadibo, Benue

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

Ogbadibo, seat at Otukpa Town, registers vehicles as BGT. Around 189,100 people (2022) live over 500.60 km², roughly 378 for every square kilometre. The code is fixed when the car is first papered and stays with it afterwards. Twenty-three districts, twenty-three codes: that is the whole allocation rule in the state.

BGT Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BGT 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
BGT-236AA TOYOTA CARINA E 1997 NAVY BLUE
BGT-305AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF BLUE
BGT-741AA Camry Custom
BGT-853AA Corolla Custom
BGT-111AA TOYOTA COROLLA GREY
BGT-123AA TOYOTA CAMRY 2005 MODEL ASH

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 BGT

Local Government Area
Ogbadibo
State
Benue
Headquarters
Otukpa Town
Population
189,100 (2022)
Area
500.6 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 BGT Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BGT places the paperwork in Ogbadibo. 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 BGT plate away from Benue 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 BGT plate number

What does the BGT plate number mean?

BGT is the registration code of Ogbadibo Local Government Area in Benue. 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 BGT plate number from?

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

Codes Next to BGT in Benue

Codes either side of BGT in the Benue directory.

All Benue plate number codes

Have a whole BGT 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.