Plate code

DDA Plate Number Meaning: Ido, Oyo

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

DDA is the Ido code, run from Ido town. About 152,520 residents (2022) live across 986 km², some 155 for every square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so settlements inside the local government area share these same letters. The letters are the one part of a plate tied to a place.

DDA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DDA 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
DDA-236AA v/Wagen Golf Custom
DDA-305AA Honda S/Car Blue
DDA-419AA Opel Omega S/Wagon Wine
DDA-628AA Peugeot 505 Saloon Car Black
DDA-741AA Volkswagen Golf s/Car Blue
DDA-853AA 200 Blue
DDA-111AA Mazda Demo S/C Custom
DDA-222AA Toyota Corolla S/C Ash
DDA-123AA V/Wagen S/Car Green

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 DDA

Local Government Area
Ido
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Ido
Population
152,520 (2022)
Area
986 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 DDA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DDA places the paperwork in Ido. 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 DDA plate away from Oyo 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 DDA plate number

What does the DDA plate number mean?

DDA is the registration code of Ido Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 DDA plate number from?

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

Have a whole DDA 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.