Plate code

RGB Plate Number Meaning: Boripe, Osun

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

RGB belongs to Boripe, administered from Iragbiji. The 2006 census put 139,358 residents on 132 km², near 1,056 for every square kilometre. The letters were issued with the registration and travel with the vehicle, not with the person driving it.

RGB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the RGB 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
RGB-305AA TOYOTA CAMRY GREY
RGB-507AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
RGB-628AA TOYOTA CAMRY COLOUR NOT INDICATED
RGB-956AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GREEN
RGB-999AA TOYOTA COROLLA GREY
RGB-987AA NISSAN ALMERA GOLD

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 RGB

Local Government Area
Boripe
State
Osun
Headquarters
Iragbiji
Population
139,358 (2006)
Area
132 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 RGB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so RGB places the paperwork in Boripe. 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 RGB plate away from Osun 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 RGB plate number

What does the RGB plate number mean?

RGB is the registration code of Boripe Local Government Area in Osun. 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 RGB plate number from?

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

Have a whole RGB 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.