GAR Plate Number Meaning: Akoko-Edo, Edo
The GAR plate number is registered in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
GAR is issued in Akoko-Edo, whose seat is at Igarra. The 2006 census recorded 262,110 residents over 1,371 km², near 191 to the square kilometre. Two vehicles papered in the district on the same day share these letters and differ in the serial that follows.
GAR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAR-174AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF3 | BLACK | |
| GAR-419AA | FORD RANGER | CUSTOM | |
| GAR-507AA | NISSAN 2000(QUEST) | ARMY GREEN | |
| GAR-628AA | INNOSON BUS | WHITE | |
| GAR-741AA | NISSAN ALMERA | ASH | |
| GAR-853AA | PEUGEOT 505 | BLUE | |
| GAR-956AA | VOLKSWAGEN AUDI 80 | CUSTOM | |
| GAR-111AA | MERCEDES BENZ C200 | BLACK | |
| GAR-222AA | NISSAN SERENA | WHITE | |
| GAR-999AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 320 | SILVER |
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 GAR Plates Look Like
Counted from the 10 GAR 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 GAR
- Local Government Area
- Akoko-Edo
- State
- Edo
- Headquarters
- Igarra
- Population
- 262,110 (2006)
- Area
- 1,371 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 GAR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GAR places the paperwork in Akoko-Edo. 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 GAR plate away from Edo 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 GAR plate number
What does the GAR plate number mean?
GAR is the registration code of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area in Edo. 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 GAR plate number from?
Edo. The code identifies the local government area — Akoko-Edo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GAR in Edo
Codes either side of GAR in the Edo directory.
Have a whole GAR 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.