DED Plate Number Meaning: Odeda, Ogun
The DED plate number is registered in Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
DED marks Odeda, administered from Odeda town. The 2006 census put 109,449 residents on 1,560 km², roughly 70 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair belong to the individual car.
DED Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DED 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DED-305AA | VOLVO 740 | PADED | |
| DED-419AA | Nissan Sentra | Grey | |
| DED-741AA | MAZDA 323 | GREEN | |
| DED-853AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | BLUE | |
| DED-222AA | HONDA CRV | ASH | |
| DED-999AA | RAV 4 RANGE ROVER | BLACK | |
| DED-987AA | Toyota Corolla | 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 DED
- Local Government Area
- Odeda
- State
- Ogun
- Headquarters
- Odeda
- Population
- 109,449 (2006)
- Area
- 1,560 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 DED Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DED places the paperwork in Odeda. 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 DED plate away from Ogun 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 DED plate number
What does the DED plate number mean?
DED is the registration code of Odeda Local Government Area in Ogun. 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 DED plate number from?
Ogun. The code identifies the local government area — Odeda — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to DED in Ogun
Codes either side of DED in the Ogun directory.
Have a whole DED 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.