Plate code

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.

Nigerian number plate with the FMT code — Atiba, Oyo
A plate issued in Atiba carries the FMT code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

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

10 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 3 of 9 records
Green Most common colour — 4 of 9 records

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.

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.