Plate code

YNF Plate Number Meaning: Lagelu, Oyo

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

YNF is issued in Lagelu, administered from Iyana-Offa. The 2006 census counted 147,957 residents across 338 km², roughly 438 for every square kilometre. The three letters are the only part of a Nigerian plate a directory can decode. A directory resolves them; nothing on a plate resolves to a person.

YNF Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the YNF 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
YNF-128AA Nissan Primera Red
YNF-174AA Bmw S/Car Custom
YNF-236AA Honda Accord Ash
YNF-305AA Nissan Primera S/Car Red
YNF-419AA Toyota 4runner Jeep Green
YNF-507AA Nissan Sunny S/Car Grey
YNF-628AA Volkswagen Golf S/C Red
YNF-741AA Primera Red
YNF-956AA Nissan Altima S/Car Custom
YNF-111AA Mitsubishi S Star Car Blue
YNF-222AA Toyota Highlander Blue
YNF-123AA Mits. Gallant S/Car Wine

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.

What YNF Plates Look Like

13 Plates checked
Nissan Most common make — 5 of 13 records
Red Most common colour — 4 of 11 records

Counted from the 13 YNF plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind YNF

Local Government Area
Lagelu
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Iyana-Offa
Population
147,957 (2006)
Area
338 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 YNF Code Does and Does Not Tell You

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

What does the YNF plate number mean?

YNF is the registration code of Lagelu 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 YNF plate number from?

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

Have a whole YNF 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.