DEA Plate Number Meaning: Gbonyin, Ekiti
The DEA plate number is registered in Gbonyin Local Government Area, Ekiti. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
DEA belongs to Gbonyin. About 147,999 people were recorded there in 2006 across 391 km², some 379 to the square kilometre. Ekiti State registers vehicles under sixteen codes, one for each local government area, and none of them changes hands when a car does.
DEA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DEA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEA-174AA | 323 | Custom | |
| DEA-236AA | MERCEDES BENZ C180 | GREEN | |
| DEA-305AA | MERCEDES BENZ C200 MERCEDES -BENZ | CUSTOM | |
| DEA-507AA | M/BENZ C-180 | . | |
| DEA-628AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | BLUE | |
| DEA-853AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | BLACK | |
| DEA-999AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | CUSTOM | |
| DEA-123AA | Volvo | 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 DEA
- Local Government Area
- Gbonyin
- State
- Ekiti
- Headquarters
- Ode Ekiti
- Population
- 147,999 (2006)
- Area
- 391 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 DEA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DEA places the paperwork in Gbonyin. 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 DEA plate away from Ekiti 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 DEA plate number
What does the DEA plate number mean?
DEA is the registration code of Gbonyin Local Government Area in Ekiti. 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 DEA plate number from?
Ekiti. The code identifies the local government area — Gbonyin — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to DEA in Ekiti
Codes either side of DEA in the Ekiti directory.
Have a whole DEA 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.