MDB Plate Number Meaning: Madobi, Kano
The MDB plate number is registered in Madobi Local Government Area, Kano. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Madobi, administered from Madobi town, registers as MDB. The 2006 census counted 136,623 residents across 273 km², roughly 500 to the square kilometre. A code is a registration fact and survives every change of hands the vehicle goes through. Whoever drives the car next inherits the same three letters.
MDB Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MDB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDB-128AA | Honda Civic | Blue | |
| MDB-419AA | HONDA CIVIC | CUSTOM | |
| MDB-628AA | Accord | Custom | |
| MDB-853AA | TOYOTA PRADO PRADO | WHITE | |
| MDB-222AA | TOYOTA CORROLA 11 | 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 MDB
- Local Government Area
- Madobi
- State
- Kano
- Headquarters
- Madobi
- Population
- 136,623 (2006)
- Area
- 273 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 MDB Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MDB places the paperwork in Madobi. 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 MDB plate away from Kano 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 MDB plate number
What does the MDB plate number mean?
MDB is the registration code of Madobi Local Government Area in Kano. 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 MDB plate number from?
Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Madobi — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MDB in Kano
Codes either side of MDB in the Kano directory.
Have a whole MDB 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.