GUB Plate Number Meaning: Gubio, Borno
The GUB plate number is registered in Gubio Local Government Area, Borno. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
GUB is the Gubio code, administered from Gubio town. The 2006 census put 152,778 residents on 2,464 km², near 62 to the square kilometre. Reading a plate begins with the letters, and in Nigeria they are always a place rather than a series or a year of issue.
GUB Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GUB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUB-222AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | 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 GUB
- Local Government Area
- Gubio
- State
- Borno
- Headquarters
- Gubio
- Population
- 152,778 (2006)
- Area
- 2,464 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 GUB Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GUB places the paperwork in Gubio. 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 GUB plate away from Borno 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 GUB plate number
What does the GUB plate number mean?
GUB is the registration code of Gubio Local Government Area in Borno. 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 GUB plate number from?
Borno. The code identifies the local government area — Gubio — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GUB in Borno
Codes either side of GUB in the Borno directory.
Have a whole GUB 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.