Plate code

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.

Nigerian number plate with the GTU code — Agatu, Benue
A plate issued in Agatu carries the GTU code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

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.

All Benue plate number codes

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.