Plate code

RUM Plate Number Meaning: Obio Akpor, Rivers

The RUM plate number is registered in Obio Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers. 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 RUM code — Obio Akpor, Rivers
A plate issued in Obio Akpor carries the RUM code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Obio/Akpor, seat at Rumuodo/Manya, uses RUM. About 464,789 people were recorded there in 2006 over 260 km², roughly 1,788 for every square kilometre. The three letters were issued with the registration and travel with the vehicle, not with the driver.

RUM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the RUM 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
RUM-128AA Nissan Pathfinder Custom
RUM-174AA PONTIAC VIBE BLUE
RUM-236AA TOYOTA CARINA E CUSTOM
RUM-305AA TOYOTA PRIUS CUSTOM
RUM-419AA Toyota Corolla Custom
RUM-507AA MITSUBISHI PAJERO CUSTOM
RUM-853AA TOYOTA AVALON CUSTOM
RUM-956AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF CUSTOM
RUM-111AA V/W Golf Custom
RUM-222AA TOYOTA COROLLA GREY
RUM-999AA HYUNDAI ix35 BLACK
RUM-987AA TOYOTA RAV4 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 RUM Plates Look Like

12 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 6 of 12 records

Counted from the 12 RUM 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 RUM

Local Government Area
Obio Akpor
State
Rivers
Headquarters
Rumuodo/Manya
Population
464,789 (2006)
Area
260 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 RUM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so RUM places the paperwork in Obio Akpor. 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 RUM plate away from Rivers 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 RUM plate number

What does the RUM plate number mean?

RUM is the registration code of Obio Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers. 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 RUM plate number from?

Rivers. The code identifies the local government area — Obio Akpor — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole RUM 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.