Plate code

PTG Plate Number Meaning: Pategi, Kwara

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

PTG belongs to Pategi, a Kwara district holding one of the sixteen codes the state issues under. The first three letters of a Nigerian plate name the district where a vehicle was entered on the register, and they stay as issued through every later sale. That is what a code encodes: a place, checkable long afterwards.

PTG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the PTG 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
PTG-128AA MAZDA 626 ASH
PTG-174AA PEUGEOT 406 S/CAR NAVY BLUE
PTG-236AA PEUGEOT 505 ASH
PTG-305AA GRAND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ASH
PTG-419AA MITSUBISHI CARISMA BLUE
PTG-741AA FORD GALAXY S/BUS ASH
PTG-956AA TOYOTA AVALON SALON CAR BLUE
PTG-999AA HONDA ACCORD S/CAR ASH

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 PTG

Local Government Area
Pategi
State
Kwara

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the PTG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so PTG places the paperwork in Pategi. 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 PTG plate away from Kwara 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 PTG plate number

What does the PTG plate number mean?

PTG is the registration code of Pategi Local Government Area in Kwara. 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 PTG plate number from?

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

Codes Next to PTG in Kwara

Codes either side of PTG in the Kwara directory.

All Kwara plate number codes

Have a whole PTG 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.