Plate code

BMA Plate Number Meaning: Bomadi, Delta

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

Bomadi registers as BMA, from Bomadi town. Its population was 86,016 at the 2006 census. Reading a plate begins with the three letters, and they are the only part a directory can decode — everything after them belongs to the individual car.

BMA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BMA 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
BMA-128AA Mits L 400 Bus Custom
BMA-174AA Toyota Avensis Blue
BMA-236AA Audi 80 Custom
BMA-305AA V/W Audi 80 Wagon Custom
BMA-419AA V/W Jetta Grey
BMA-507AA HONDA Honda Civic Silver
BMA-628AA Toyota Highlander Jeep Custom
BMA-741AA M/Benz Custom
BMA-853AA Golf Blue
BMA-956AA M/Benz C Class 180 White
BMA-111AA TOYOTA YARIS CUSTOM
BMA-222AA Honda Crv Jeep 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.

What BMA Plates Look Like

15 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 4 of 15 records

Counted from the 15 BMA 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 BMA

Local Government Area
Bomadi
State
Delta
Headquarters
Bomadi
Population
86,016 (2006)

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the BMA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BMA places the paperwork in Bomadi. 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 BMA plate away from Delta 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 BMA plate number

What does the BMA plate number mean?

BMA is the registration code of Bomadi Local Government Area in Delta. 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 BMA plate number from?

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

Have a whole BMA 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.