Plate code

GUA Plate Number Meaning: Oguta, Imo

The GUA plate number is registered in Oguta Local Government Area, Imo. 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 GUA code — Oguta, Imo
A plate issued in Oguta carries the GUA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

GUA belongs to Oguta, administered from Oguta town, a district of 2,025.75 km². The letters at the head of a plate are the district of registration; everything after them belongs to the individual car. A code is issued once and read back later exactly as it was given.

GUA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GUA 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
GUA-128AA Volvo 240 Gle Custom
GUA-174AA Toyota Corolla Grey
GUA-236AA M/Benz Ml Jeep Red
GUA-305AA 504 Custom
GUA-419AA Nissan Quest Custom
GUA-507AA Navigator Gold
GUA-628AA M/Benz 190 Saloon Car Black
GUA-741AA MERCEDES-BENZ ML 350 Black
GUA-853AA NISSAN ALMERA CUSTOM
GUA-956AA TOYOTA AVALON CUSTOM
GUA-111AA Mazda 626 S/Car Green
GUA-222AA M/Benz 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.

What GUA Plates Look Like

15 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 5 of 14 records

Counted from the 15 GUA plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind GUA

Local Government Area
Oguta
State
Imo
Headquarters
Oguta
Population
20,096 (2012)
Area
2,025.75 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 GUA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GUA places the paperwork in Oguta. 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 GUA plate away from Imo 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 GUA plate number

What does the GUA plate number mean?

GUA is the registration code of Oguta Local Government Area in Imo. 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 GUA plate number from?

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

Have a whole GUA 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.