Plate code

SHA Plate Number Meaning: Ifelodun, Kwara

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

Ifelodun, seat at Share, registers as SHA. The 2006 census counted 206,042 residents over 3,435 km², near 60 for every square kilometre. A code identifies where a registration was opened; the chassis number identifies the vehicle itself. Everything else about the car comes from its chassis number.

SHA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the SHA 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
SHA-305AA NISSAN PRAIRIE BROWN
SHA-419AA HONDA ACCORD NAVY BLUE
SHA-507AA TOYOTA CAMRY ASH
SHA-628AA NISSAN XTERA JEEP BLACK
SHA-741AA MERCEDES-BENZ CAR METALLIC ASH
SHA-853AA TOYOTA COASTER BUS WHITE & GREEN
SHA-956AA SEAT -TOLEDO SALON RED
SHA-999AA HONDA ACCORD ASH
SHA-123AA TOYOTA CAMRY ASH
SHA-987AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF BLUE/BLACK

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 SHA Plates Look Like

10 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 3 of 10 records
Ash Most common colour — 3 of 10 records

Counted from the 10 SHA 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 SHA

Local Government Area
Ifelodun
State
Kwara
Headquarters
Share
Population
206,042 (2006)
Area
3,435 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 SHA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so SHA places the paperwork in Ifelodun. 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 SHA plate away from Kwara 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 SHA plate number

What does the SHA plate number mean?

SHA is the registration code of Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara. 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 SHA plate number from?

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

Codes Next to SHA in Kwara

Codes either side of SHA in the Kwara directory.

All Kwara plate number codes

Have a whole SHA 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.