Plate code

GBY Plate Number Meaning: Olorunsogo, Oyo

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

GBY is the Olorunsogo code. About 81,759 people were counted there in 2006 across 1,069 km², some 76 for every square kilometre. Allocation follows local government areas rather than population, so a small district holds a full code of its own.

GBY Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GBY 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
GBY-128AA Toyota Camry S/Car Grey
GBY-174AA Toyota Camry Green
GBY-236AA Mitsubishi Lancer Ash
GBY-305AA Motorcycle Red
GBY-419AA PONTIAC VIBE BLUE
GBY-222AA V/Wagen Passat S/Car Black

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 GBY

Local Government Area
Olorunsogo
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Igbeti
Population
81,759 (2006)
Area
1,069 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 GBY Code Does and Does Not Tell You

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

What does the GBY plate number mean?

GBY is the registration code of Olorunsogo 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 GBY plate number from?

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

Have a whole GBY 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.