Plate code

MHT Plate Number Meaning: Fakai, Kebbi

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

Fakai registers as MHT. The 2006 census counted 121,212 people on 2,247 km², some 54 for every square kilometre. A code identifies where a registration was opened; the chassis number is what identifies the car it was opened for. No batch number, no year of issue: a district and nothing more.

MHT Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MHT 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
MHT-128AA Honda Civic Saloon Custom
MHT-174AA Toyota Corolla Custom
MHT-236AA TOYOTA COROLLA COROLLA CUSTOM
MHT-305AA TOYOTA COROLLA BLACK
MHT-419AA VOLKSWAGEN Golf
MHT-111AA PEUGEOT 406 406 C200 CUSTOM
MHT-222AA Peugeot 406 Custom
MHT-123AA MITSUBISHI SPACEWAGON STAR 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 MHT

Local Government Area
Fakai
State
Kebbi
Headquarters
Mahuta
Population
121,212 (2006)
Area
2,247 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 MHT Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MHT places the paperwork in Fakai. 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 MHT plate away from Kebbi 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 MHT plate number

What does the MHT plate number mean?

MHT is the registration code of Fakai Local Government Area in Kebbi. 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 MHT plate number from?

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

Have a whole MHT 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.