EFE Plate Number Meaning: Etung, Cross River
The EFE plate number is registered in Etung Local Government Area, Cross River. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Etung, seat at Effraya, uses EFE. The 2006 census counted 80,196 people across 815 km², about 98 to the square kilometre. The code says where a vehicle entered the register and nothing about where it is driven today. Only re-registration in another local government area replaces the letters.
EFE Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the EFE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFE-128AA | Tipper | Custom | |
| EFE-236AA | Toyota Avensis | Custom | |
| EFE-419AA | M/Benz V/Boot Saloon Car. | Custom | |
| EFE-507AA | B.M.W | Custom | |
| EFE-628AA | Camry | Blue | |
| EFE-853AA | Golf | Custom | |
| EFE-956AA | SEAT ALHAMBRA | BLUE | |
| EFE-222AA | Toyota Highlander | Custom | |
| EFE-999AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF III | CUSTOM | |
| EFE-123AA | Nissan Primera | Custom | |
| EFE-987AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | 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.
What EFE Plates Look Like
Counted from the 11 EFE 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 EFE
- Local Government Area
- Etung
- State
- Cross River
- Headquarters
- Effraya
- Population
- 80,196 (2006)
- Area
- 815 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 EFE Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so EFE places the paperwork in Etung. 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 EFE plate away from Cross River 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 EFE plate number
What does the EFE plate number mean?
EFE is the registration code of Etung Local Government Area in Cross River. 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 EFE plate number from?
Cross River. The code identifies the local government area — Etung — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to EFE in Cross River
Codes either side of EFE in the Cross River directory.
Have a whole EFE 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.