Plate code

GMD Plate Number Meaning: Saki-East, Oyo

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

Saki East uses GMD. The 2006 census recorded 110,223 residents over 1,569 km², near 70 for every square kilometre. A code identifies where a registration was opened; the chassis number is what identifies the car it was opened for. Nothing after them on the plate names anywhere at all.

GMD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GMD 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
GMD-128AA Ford s/Car Blue
GMD-236AA Nissan Quest Green
GMD-419AA HYUNDAI ACCENT ASH
GMD-628AA Volkswagen Golf Black
GMD-111AA Volkswagen Golf S/C Custom
GMD-222AA Renault Scenic Green
GMD-123AA Toyota Land Cruiser 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 GMD

Local Government Area
Saki-East
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Ago-Amodu
Population
110,223 (2006)
Area
1,569 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 GMD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GMD places the paperwork in Saki-East. 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 GMD 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 GMD plate number

What does the GMD plate number mean?

GMD is the registration code of Saki-East 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 GMD plate number from?

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

Have a whole GMD 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.