Plate code

RNN Plate Number Meaning: Oron, Akwa Ibom

The RNN plate number is registered in Oron 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 RNN code — Oron, Akwa Ibom
A plate issued in Oron carries the RNN code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

RNN is issued in Oron, the district run from Oron town. Around 111,300 residents (2022) live over 126.50 km², some 880 to the square kilometre. Reading the first three letters of a plate is the quickest way to place a registration, and the only thing they can be read for.

RNN Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the RNN 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
RNN-174AA Nissan Almera Custom
RNN-507AA DAIHATSU MINI BUS WHITE
RNN-628AA VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT BLACK
RNN-111AA Renault Megane Scenic 1 Blue
RNN-123AA TOYOTA AVALON 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.

The District Behind RNN

Local Government Area
Oron
State
Akwa Ibom
Headquarters
Oron
Population
111,300 (2022)
Area
126.5 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 RNN Code Does and Does Not Tell You

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

What does the RNN plate number mean?

RNN is the registration code of Oron 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 RNN plate number from?

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

Codes Next to RNN in Akwa Ibom

Codes either side of RNN in the Akwa Ibom directory.

All Akwa Ibom plate number codes

Have a whole RNN 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.