Plate code

NYA Plate Number Meaning: Ika, Akwa Ibom

The NYA plate number is registered in Ika 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.

Nigerian number plate with the NYA code — Ika, Akwa Ibom
A plate issued in Ika carries the NYA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

NYA marks Ika, run from Urua Inyang. Around 92,900 residents (2022) share 116.30 km², about 799 to the square kilometre. Thirty-one codes cover Akwa Ibom, and this one covers Ika from the moment a vehicle is registered there. A plate check therefore answers where, not who: an owner is never part of the code.

NYA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NYA 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
NYA-305AA TOYOTA CAMRY GREY
NYA-111AA Honda Crv Jeep Ash
NYA-222AA TOYOTA CAMRY NAVY BLUE

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 NYA

Local Government Area
Ika
State
Akwa Ibom
Headquarters
Urua Inyang
Population
92,900 (2022)
Area
116.3 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 NYA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

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

What does the NYA plate number mean?

NYA is the registration code of Ika 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 NYA plate number from?

Akwa Ibom. The code identifies the local government area — Ika — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to NYA in Akwa Ibom

Codes either side of NYA in the Akwa Ibom directory.

All Akwa Ibom plate number codes

Have a whole NYA 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.