Plate code

LRG Plate Number Meaning: Ila, Osun

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

Ila, seat at Ila-Orangun, registers as LRG. Around 62,049 people were recorded there in 2006 across 303 km², about 205 to the square kilometre. The code stays on the plate for the life of the registration it was issued with.

LRG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the LRG 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
LRG-741AA NISSAN ALMERA RED
LRG-956AA NISSAN MICRA WHITE
LRG-999AA TOYOTA COROLLA 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 LRG

Local Government Area
Ila
State
Osun
Headquarters
Ila-Orangun
Population
62,049 (2006)
Area
303 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 LRG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so LRG places the paperwork in Ila. 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 LRG plate away from Osun 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 LRG plate number

What does the LRG plate number mean?

LRG is the registration code of Ila Local Government Area in Osun. 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 LRG plate number from?

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

Have a whole LRG 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.