RLU Plate Number Meaning: Orlu, Imo
The RLU plate number is registered in Orlu Local Government Area, Imo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Orlu, administered from Orlu town, uses RLU. Its recorded population is about 420,000. Plates from the district turn up all over the country, because a Nigerian code follows the vehicle rather than the address of whoever bought it most recently.
RLU Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the RLU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RLU-128AA | Nissan Pathfinder Jeep | Custom | |
| RLU-174AA | Toyota Avalon Car | Custom | |
| RLU-236AA | Toyota Corolla S/Car | Custom | |
| RLU-305AA | Toyota Sienna | Custom | |
| RLU-419AA | Toyota 4runner | Custom | |
| RLU-507AA | Nissan Xterra | Custom | |
| RLU-628AA | Toyota Rav4 Jeep | Custom | |
| RLU-741AA | Toyota Sinna | Custom | |
| RLU-853AA | M/Benz 190 | Custom | |
| RLU-956AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| RLU-111AA | Toyota 4runner Jeep | Custom | |
| RLU-222AA | Mit. Montero Jeep | 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.
What RLU Plates Look Like
Counted from the 15 RLU plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind RLU
- Local Government Area
- Orlu
- State
- Imo
- Headquarters
- Orlu
- Population
- 420,000
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the RLU Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so RLU places the paperwork in Orlu. 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 RLU plate away from Imo 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 RLU plate number
What does the RLU plate number mean?
RLU is the registration code of Orlu Local Government Area in Imo. 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 RLU plate number from?
Imo. The code identifies the local government area — Orlu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to RLU in Imo
Codes either side of RLU in the Imo directory.
Have a whole RLU 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.