Plate code

BZR Plate Number Meaning: Ohaozara, Ebonyi

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

Ohaozara, administered from Obiozara, issues BZR. The 2006 census counted 148,628 people across 312 km², about 476 for every square kilometre. A code is set at first registration and is not reissued when the vehicle changes hands. A lookup returns the district and its state, which is the whole of what the letters hold.

BZR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BZR 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
BZR-128AA M/Benz 190 Car Ash
BZR-305AA Toyota Camry Sal Car Custom
BZR-419AA Ford Pick-Up Custom
BZR-507AA ACURA MDX ASH
BZR-628AA CABIN P/UP (IVM CARRIER) 4WD WHITE
BZR-853AA TOYOTA CAMRY CUSTOM
BZR-956AA TOYOTA CAMRY CUSTOM
BZR-111AA Toyota Hilux P/Up Custom
BZR-222AA TOYOTA CAMRY Custom
BZR-999AA TOYOTA HIACE CUSTOM
BZR-123AA Toyota Carina Car Custom
BZR-987AA TOYOTA SIENNA 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 BZR Plates Look Like

12 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 8 of 11 records

Counted from the 12 BZR 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 BZR

Local Government Area
Ohaozara
State
Ebonyi
Headquarters
Obiozara
Population
148,628 (2006)
Area
312 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 BZR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BZR places the paperwork in Ohaozara. 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 BZR plate away from Ebonyi 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 BZR plate number

What does the BZR plate number mean?

BZR is the registration code of Ohaozara Local Government Area in Ebonyi. 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 BZR plate number from?

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

Have a whole BZR 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.