“Pace Setter State” : Codes On Oyo State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“Pace Setter State” : What the alphanumeric codes on Oyo State License Plates stands for. 

The unique number plate combination used by Private and Commercial vehicles is in the format ABC-123DE. 

The first three letters (ABC) indicates the Local Government Area (LGA) where the vehicle is registered.

Vehicle Registration Plates (license plate number) issued to both private and commercial vehicles in Oyo State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Pace Setter State”, displayed at the top centre of the plate.

Like any other plates issued across the country, the unique plate combination is in the format ABC-123DE, with each of the first three letters (ABC) indicating the Local Government Areas (LGA) in Oyo or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

The following are the first three letters on Oyo State plate numbers and the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered.

AFIJIO – JBL

AKINYELE – MNY

ATIBA – FMT

ATIGBO – TDE

EGBEDA – EGB

IBADAN-NORTH – BDJ

IBADAN-NORTH-EAST – AGG

IBADAN-NORTH-WEST – MRK

IBADAN-SOUTH-EAST – MAP

IBADAN-SOUTH-WEST – LUY

IBARAPA-CENTRAL – RUW

IBARAPA-EAST – AYT

IBARAPA-NORTH – IRP

IDO – DDA

IREPO – KSH

ISEYIN – SEY

ITESIWAJU – TUT

IWAJOWA – WEL

KAJOLA – KEH

LAGELU – YNF

OGBOMOSO-NORTH – KNH

OGBOMOSO-SOUTH – AME

OGO-OLUWA – AJW

OLORUNSOGO – GBY

OLUYOLE – YRE

ONA-ARA – AKN

ORELOPE – GBH

ORI-IRE – KKY

OYO – JND

ABC-123DE

In addition to the first three letters, which indicates the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered, the next three digits on the number plates are numbers while the last two letters are used for numbering.

Like other plates issued across the Nation, license plates generally have white background while the color of the numbers varies by vehicle type. Numbers is imprinted in blue for Private vehicles while Commercial vehicles like Danfo buses use red.

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