WDE Plate Number Meaning: Obafemi Owode, Ogun
The WDE plate number is registered in Obafemi Owode 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.
Obafemi Owode, seat at Owode, uses WDE. About 399,800 residents (2022) live across 1,410 km², near 284 to the square kilometre. The code stays on the plate for the life of the registration it was issued with. The code was issued with the papers and outlives most of them.
WDE Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the WDE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WDE-419AA | DODGE RAM WAGON | WHITE | |
| WDE-628AA | ACURA LEGEND LEGEND | RED | |
| WDE-956AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER | ASH |
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 WDE
- Local Government Area
- Obafemi Owode
- State
- Ogun
- Headquarters
- Owode
- Population
- 399,800 (2022)
- Area
- 1,410 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 WDE Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so WDE places the paperwork in Obafemi Owode. 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 WDE 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 WDE plate number
What does the WDE plate number mean?
WDE is the registration code of Obafemi Owode 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 WDE plate number from?
Ogun. The code identifies the local government area — Obafemi Owode — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to WDE in Ogun
Codes either side of WDE in the Ogun directory.
Have a whole WDE 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.