SEL Plate Number Meaning: Ushongo, Benue
The SEL plate number is registered in Ushongo Local Government Area, Benue. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
SEL is the Ushongo code, administered from Lessel. The 2006 census put 188,341 residents on 1,228 km², near 153 to the square kilometre. Every district in Benue has its own three letters, and they say nothing about the make or age of a car.
SEL Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the SEL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEL-236AA | VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT | BLACK | |
| SEL-305AA | MERCEDES-BENZ E350 4MATIC | DARK | |
| SEL-628AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | CUSTOM | |
| SEL-853AA | GAC GS4 | BLACK | |
| SEL-956AA | HONDA PILOT | ASH | |
| SEL-222AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2005 | GOLD | |
| SEL-123AA | TOYOTA PICNIC | GREEN |
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 SEL
- Local Government Area
- Ushongo
- State
- Benue
- Headquarters
- Lessel
- Population
- 188,341 (2006)
- Area
- 1,228 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 SEL Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so SEL places the paperwork in Ushongo. 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 SEL plate away from Benue 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 SEL plate number
What does the SEL plate number mean?
SEL is the registration code of Ushongo Local Government Area in Benue. 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 SEL plate number from?
Benue. The code identifies the local government area — Ushongo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to SEL in Benue
Codes either side of SEL in the Benue directory.
Have a whole SEL 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.