Vehicle Registration Plates (license plate number) issued to both private and commercial vehicles in Imo State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Eastern Heart Land”, 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 Imo or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

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

ABOH-MBAISE – ABB

AHIAZU-MBAISE – AFR

EHIME-MBANO – EHM

EZINIHITTE – ETU

IDEATO-NORTH – URU

IDEATO-SOUTH – DFB

IHITTE/UBOMA – EKE

IKEDURU – KED

ISIALA-MBANO – UML

ISU – UMD

MBAITOLI – NWA

NGOR-OKPALA – NGN

NJABA – UMK

NKWERRE – NKR

NWANGELE – AMG

OBOWO – TTK

OGUTA – GUA

OHAJI-EGBEMA – EBM

OKIGWE – KGE

ONUIMO – KWE

ORLU – RLU

ORSU – AWT

ORU-EAST – MMA

ORU-WEST – NGB

OWERRI-MUNICIPAL – WER

OWERRI-NORTH – RRT

OWERRI-WEST – UMG

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.