LUY Plate Number Meaning: Ibadan-South-West, Oyo
The LUY plate number is registered in Ibadan-South-West Local Government Area, Oyo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
LUY belongs to Ibadan South-West, administered from Ibadan. The 2006 census recorded 282,585 residents within 40 km², some 7,065 for every square kilometre. Three letters, digits, then two letters: only the first group of a plate is tied to a place.
LUY Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the LUY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUY-128AA | Honda Legend | Black | |
| LUY-174AA | Toyota Lucinda | Wine | |
| LUY-236AA | V/Wagen Golf 3 S/Car | Custom | |
| LUY-305AA | Mazda Mpv | Wine | |
| LUY-419AA | M/Benz 190 S/Car | Custom | |
| LUY-507AA | Nissan Infinity Jeep | Custom | |
| LUY-741AA | Mazda 626 S/C | Grey | |
| LUY-853AA | Nissan Extra Cab P/Up | Red | |
| LUY-111AA | V/Wagen Vento S/Car | Ash | |
| LUY-222AA | Honda Accord S/Car | Black | |
| LUY-999AA | Volvo 360 | Custom | |
| LUY-123AA | Mazda 626 S/Wagon | 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 LUY Plates Look Like
Counted from the 13 LUY 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 LUY
- Local Government Area
- Ibadan-South-West
- State
- Oyo
- Headquarters
- Ibadan
- Population
- 282,585 (2006)
- Area
- 40 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 LUY Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so LUY places the paperwork in Ibadan-South-West. 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 LUY plate away from Oyo 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 LUY plate number
What does the LUY plate number mean?
LUY is the registration code of Ibadan-South-West Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 LUY plate number from?
Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Ibadan-South-West — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to LUY in Oyo
Codes either side of LUY in the Oyo directory.
Have a whole LUY 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.