Plate code

EHM Plate Number Meaning: Ehime-Mbano, Imo

The EHM plate number is registered in Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area, Imo. 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 EHM code — Ehime-Mbano, Imo
A plate issued in Ehime-Mbano carries the EHM code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ehime Mbano registers as EHM. Around 204,340 people were recorded there in 2015 across 169 km², roughly 1,209 to the square kilometre. The three letters are fixed at first registration and follow the vehicle through every later change of hands.

EHM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the EHM 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
EHM-128AA Mits. L400 Bus Custom
EHM-236AA M/Benz230 Sal. Custom
EHM-305AA Mazda 626 Sal/Car Custom
EHM-419AA Peug 504 S/Car Custom
EHM-507AA Toyota Camry Custom
EHM-628AA Citroen Berlingo Custom
EHM-741AA VOLVO 740 CUSTOM
EHM-111AA Honda Element Car Custom
EHM-222AA Isuzu Rodeo Custom
EHM-999AA LINCOLN NAVIGATOR, LI WHITE

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 EHM

Local Government Area
Ehime-Mbano
State
Imo
Headquarters
Ehime
Population
204,340 (2015)
Area
169 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 EHM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so EHM places the paperwork in Ehime-Mbano. 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 EHM plate away from Imo 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 EHM plate number

What does the EHM plate number mean?

EHM is the registration code of Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area in Imo. 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 EHM plate number from?

Imo. The code identifies the local government area — Ehime-Mbano — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole EHM 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.