Plate code

GBN Plate Number Meaning: Ayeda-Ade, Osun

The GBN plate number is registered in Ayeda-Ade Local Government Area, Osun. 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 GBN code — Ayeda-Ade, Osun
A plate issued in Ayeda-Ade carries the GBN code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ayedaade, administered from Gbongan, registers as GBN. The 2006 census counted 150,392 residents over 1,113 km², roughly 135 for every square kilometre. The code is replaced only by re-registration in another district; a sale leaves it untouched. That is the whole of what three letters can honestly tell you.

GBN Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GBN 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
GBN-128AA M/Benz 260 White
GBN-174AA NISSAN BLUEBIRD CUSTOM
GBN-507AA M/BENZ 230 ASH
GBN-741AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF CUSTOM
GBN-111AA Toyota 4 Runner Jeep Black
GBN-222AA NISSAN SUNNY CUSTOM

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 GBN

Local Government Area
Ayeda-Ade
State
Osun
Headquarters
Gbongan
Population
150,392 (2006)
Area
1,113 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 GBN Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GBN places the paperwork in Ayeda-Ade. 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 GBN plate away from Osun 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 GBN plate number

What does the GBN plate number mean?

GBN is the registration code of Ayeda-Ade Local Government Area in Osun. 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 GBN plate number from?

Osun. The code identifies the local government area — Ayeda-Ade — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole GBN 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.