Plate code

TRE Plate Number Meaning: Ewekoro, Ogun

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

TRE belongs to Ewekoro. With 55,156 people at the 2006 census across 594 km² it is the least populous district in Ogun, at about 93 to the square kilometre. Reading its code places a registration exactly as any other code does.

TRE Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the TRE 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
TRE-628AA NISSAN QUEST BLUE
TRE-853AA DATSUN SALOON GOLDEN
TRE-999AA TOYOTA SIENNA SLIVER

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 TRE

Local Government Area
Ewekoro
State
Ogun
Headquarters
Itori
Population
55,156 (2006)
Area
594 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 TRE Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TRE places the paperwork in Ewekoro. 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 TRE plate away from Ogun 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 TRE plate number

What does the TRE plate number mean?

TRE is the registration code of Ewekoro Local Government Area in Ogun. 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 TRE plate number from?

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

Have a whole TRE 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.