FMT Plate Number Meaning: Atiba, Oyo
The FMT plate number is registered in Atiba 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.
FMT belongs to Atiba, whose seat is at Ofa-Meta. Around 168,246 people were recorded there in 2006 over 1,757 km², about 96 to the square kilometre. The letters follow the vehicle rather than the driver and survive every change of hands.
FMT Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the FMT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FMT-128AA | Nissan Pathfinder Jeep | Wine | |
| FMT-174AA | Nissan Micra S/Car | Ash | |
| FMT-236AA | Toyota Camry | Green | |
| FMT-419AA | Toyota Carina S/Car | Custom | |
| FMT-507AA | M/Benz 123 S/Car | Green | |
| FMT-628AA | Toyota Tacoma p/Up | Wine | |
| FMT-741AA | Mazda 626 s/c | Green | |
| FMT-853AA | Baleno | Green | |
| FMT-222AA | Ford S/Car | Ash | |
| FMT-123AA | Honda Accord | 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 FMT Plates Look Like
Counted from the 10 FMT 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 FMT
- Local Government Area
- Atiba
- State
- Oyo
- Headquarters
- Ofa-Meta
- Population
- 168,246 (2006)
- Area
- 1,757 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 FMT Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so FMT places the paperwork in Atiba. 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 FMT 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 FMT plate number
What does the FMT plate number mean?
FMT is the registration code of Atiba 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 FMT plate number from?
Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Atiba — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to FMT in Oyo
Codes either side of FMT in the Oyo directory.
Have a whole FMT 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.