NTE Plate Number Meaning: Obot-Akara, Akwa Ibom
The NTE plate number is registered in Obot-Akara Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Obot Akara, seat at Nto Edino, uses NTE. The 2006 census recorded 148,281 people across 237 km², near 626 for every square kilometre. The letters place a registration; the chassis number, not the plate, describes the car itself. Every local government area in the state has exactly one code, and this district holds this one.
NTE Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the NTE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTE-128AA | Volvo 740 | Custom | |
| NTE-174AA | Toyota Hilux | Custom | |
| NTE-305AA | VOLKSWAGEN AUDI 80 | CUSTOM | |
| NTE-419AA | MAZDA 626 | GREEN | |
| NTE-111AA | Volkswagen Vento | Orange |
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 NTE
- Local Government Area
- Obot-Akara
- State
- Akwa Ibom
- Headquarters
- Nto Edino
- Population
- 148,281 (2006)
- Area
- 237 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 NTE Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NTE places the paperwork in Obot-Akara. 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 NTE plate away from Akwa Ibom 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 NTE plate number
What does the NTE plate number mean?
NTE is the registration code of Obot-Akara Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. 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 NTE plate number from?
Akwa Ibom. The code identifies the local government area — Obot-Akara — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to NTE in Akwa Ibom
Codes either side of NTE in the Akwa Ibom directory.
Have a whole NTE 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.