Plate code

TUT Plate Number Meaning: Itesiwaju, Oyo

The TUT plate number is registered in Itesiwaju 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 TUT code — Itesiwaju, Oyo
A plate issued in Itesiwaju carries the TUT code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

TUT belongs to Itesiwaju. The 2006 census recorded 128,652 residents over 1,514 km², near 85 for every square kilometre. Each district in the state holds exactly one code, and a plate carries the one it was issued under. Whoever drives the car next inherits the same three letters.

TUT Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the TUT 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
TUT-128AA Honda Accord S/Car Wine
TUT-174AA Mazda 323 s/Car Custom
TUT-236AA Datsun Laurel Custom
TUT-507AA TOYOTA SIENNA WINE
TUT-111AA Toyota Matrixs/C 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 TUT

Local Government Area
Itesiwaju
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Otu
Population
128,652 (2006)
Area
1,514 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 TUT Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TUT places the paperwork in Itesiwaju. 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 TUT 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 TUT plate number

What does the TUT plate number mean?

TUT is the registration code of Itesiwaju 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 TUT plate number from?

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

Have a whole TUT 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.