Plate code

TDE Plate Number Meaning: Atisbo, Oyo

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

Atisbo — spelled Atigbo in some lists — uses TDE. About 110,792 people were counted there in 2006 across 2,997 km², some 37 for every square kilometre. Where sources disagree on the name, the three letters stay the stable identifier.

TDE Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the TDE 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
TDE-128AA Mazda 626 Saloon Car Custom
TDE-174AA Toyota Carina Gold
TDE-236AA Nissan Blue Bird White
TDE-507AA BMW BX5 ASH
TDE-111AA V/Wagen Golf S/Car Blue
TDE-222AA Peugeot 504 Ash
TDE-123AA Maple S/Car Blue

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 TDE

Local Government Area
Atisbo
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Tede
Population
110,792 (2006)
Area
2,997 km²
Also spelled
Atigbo

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the TDE Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TDE places the paperwork in Atisbo. 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 TDE plate away from Oyo 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 TDE plate number

What does the TDE plate number mean?

TDE is the registration code of Atisbo Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 TDE plate number from?

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

Have a whole TDE 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.