GTU Plate Number Meaning: Agatu, Benue
The GTU plate number is registered in Agatu Local Government Area, Benue. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
GTU belongs to Agatu. Around 166,900 residents (2022) live across 1,065 km², some 157 to the square kilometre. Reading three letters is the fastest thing anyone can do with a Nigerian plate, and a district is the whole of the answer.
GTU Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GTU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GTU-174AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | CUSTOM | |
| GTU-628AA | HYUNDAI i10 | Black | |
| GTU-111AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2000 | GOLD | |
| GTU-222AA | MERCEDES-BENZ C230 | METALLIC GOLD | |
| GTU-123AA | GOLF SHARAN 1998 | ASH |
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 GTU
- Local Government Area
- Agatu
- State
- Benue
- Headquarters
- Obagaji
- Population
- 166,900 (2022)
- Area
- 1,065 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 GTU Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GTU places the paperwork in Agatu. 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 GTU plate away from Benue 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 GTU plate number
What does the GTU plate number mean?
GTU is the registration code of Agatu Local Government Area in Benue. 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 GTU plate number from?
Benue. The code identifies the local government area — Agatu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GTU in Benue
Codes either side of GTU in the Benue directory.
Have a whole GTU 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.