Plate code

GBH Plate Number Meaning: Orelope, Oyo

The GBH plate number is registered in Orelope 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 GBH code — Orelope, Oyo
A plate issued in Orelope carries the GBH code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Orelope, run from Igboho, registers vehicles as GBH. The 2006 census put 104,441 residents on 917 km², roughly 114 for every square kilometre. Two cars papered here on the same day carry these letters and differ only in the serial that follows.

GBH Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GBH 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
GBH-128AA B.M.W 320 S/C Black
GBH-174AA Nissan Almera Saloon Car Green
GBH-236AA Toyota Camry s/Car Grey
GBH-111AA Dodge Dakota P/Up White
GBH-222AA Toyota Carina I I S/C Grey
GBH-123AA V/Wagen Golf S/Car 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 GBH

Local Government Area
Orelope
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Igboho
Population
104,441 (2006)
Area
917 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 GBH Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GBH places the paperwork in Orelope. 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 GBH 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 GBH plate number

What does the GBH plate number mean?

GBH is the registration code of Orelope 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 GBH plate number from?

Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Orelope — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to GBH in Oyo

Codes either side of GBH in the Oyo directory.

All Oyo plate number codes

Have a whole GBH 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.