Plate code

MGM Plate Number Meaning: Magumeri, Borno

The MGM plate number is registered in Magumeri 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.

Nigerian number plate with the MGM code — Magumeri, Borno
A plate issued in Magumeri carries the MGM code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Magumeri registers vehicles as MGM, from Magumeri town. The 2006 census put 140,231 people on 4,856 km², about 29 to the square kilometre. A district's size makes no difference to how codes are handed out — each local government area receives exactly one.

MGM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MGM 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
MGM-236AA OPEL SALON CUSTOM
MGM-507AA VOLKSWAGEN SHARAN 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 MGM

Local Government Area
Magumeri
State
Borno
Headquarters
Magumeri
Population
140,231 (2006)
Area
4,856 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 MGM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MGM places the paperwork in Magumeri. 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 MGM 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 MGM plate number

What does the MGM plate number mean?

MGM is the registration code of Magumeri 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 MGM plate number from?

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

Codes Next to MGM in Borno

Codes either side of MGM in the Borno directory.

All Borno plate number codes

Have a whole MGM 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.