Plate code

WDP Plate Number Meaning: Kwande, Benue

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

WDP marks Kwande, seat at Adikpo. The 2006 census counted 248,697 residents across 2,891 km², near 86 to the square kilometre. Codes are the geographic part of a Nigerian plate; the serial part that follows belongs to the vehicle alone.

WDP Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the WDP 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
WDP-305AA Corolla Black
WDP-507AA VOLKSWAGEN SHARON WHITE
WDP-741AA TOYOTA CARINA E CUSTOM
WDP-222AA TOYOTA COROLLA 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.

The District Behind WDP

Local Government Area
Kwande
State
Benue
Headquarters
Adikpo
Population
248,697 (2006)
Area
2,891 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 WDP Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so WDP places the paperwork in Kwande. 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 WDP plate away from Benue 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 WDP plate number

What does the WDP plate number mean?

WDP is the registration code of Kwande Local Government Area in Benue. 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 WDP plate number from?

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

Codes Next to WDP in Benue

Codes either side of WDP in the Benue directory.

All Benue plate number codes

Have a whole WDP 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.