Plate code

NCA Plate Number Meaning: Onicha, Ebonyi

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

NCA belongs to Onicha, whose council sits at Isu. The 2006 census put 236,828 residents on 476 km², near 498 to the square kilometre. Two cars papered in the district on the same day share these letters and differ only in what comes after them.

NCA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NCA 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
NCA-128AA Volkswagen New Beetle Custom
NCA-305AA Toyota Corolla Car Custom
NCA-419AA Volvo 240 G1 S/C Custom
NCA-507AA TOYOTA HILUX CUSTOM
NCA-628AA Toyota 4runner Jeep Blue
NCA-956AA TOYOTA CAMRY LIGHT BLUE
NCA-111AA M/Benz Custom
NCA-222AA Toyota Camry Custom
NCA-987AA TOYOTA CAMRY 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 NCA

Local Government Area
Onicha
State
Ebonyi
Headquarters
Isu
Population
236,828 (2006)
Area
476 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 NCA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NCA places the paperwork in Onicha. 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 NCA plate away from Ebonyi 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 NCA plate number

What does the NCA plate number mean?

NCA is the registration code of Onicha Local Government Area in Ebonyi. 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 NCA plate number from?

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

Have a whole NCA 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.