Plate code

GUE Plate Number Meaning: Igueben, Edo

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

GUE marks Igueben. The 2006 census counted 69,639 residents across 380 km², about 183 for every square kilometre. Allocation follows local government areas rather than population, so a small district holds a full code of its own. The letters stay with the vehicle until it is registered elsewhere.

GUE Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GUE 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
GUE-174AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF CUSTOM
GUE-305AA TOYOTA CAMRY GREY
GUE-419AA NISSAN 2000(BLUE BIRD) SILVER
GUE-507AA NISSAN PREMERA 1996 ASH
GUE-741AA MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS ASH
GUE-853AA CRV CUSTOM
GUE-956AA VOLKSWAGEN 1999 WHITE
GUE-222AA lexus RX330 CUSTOM
GUE-999AA VOLKSWAGEN AUDI 80 GREEN
GUE-987AA MERCEDES-BENZ C-180 BLUE

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 GUE Plates Look Like

10 Plates checked
Volkswagen Most common make — 3 of 10 records

Counted from the 10 GUE 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 GUE

Local Government Area
Igueben
State
Edo
Population
69,639 (2006)
Area
380 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 GUE Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GUE places the paperwork in Igueben. 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 GUE plate away from Edo 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 GUE plate number

What does the GUE plate number mean?

GUE is the registration code of Igueben Local Government Area in Edo. 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 GUE plate number from?

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

Have a whole GUE 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.