ABS Plate Number Meaning: Albasu, Kano
The ABS plate number is registered in Albasu Local Government Area, Kano. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
ABS is issued in Albasu, the district administered from Albasu town. The 2006 census counted 190,153 residents across 398 km², about 478 people to the square kilometre. A Nigerian plate opens with three letters for the local government area of registration, and this district holds these.
ABS Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the ABS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABS-305AA | V/Wagen Golf | Custom | |
| ABS-222AA | Lexus GS 350 | Custom | |
| ABS-123AA | MERCEDES-BENZ ML 320 | 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 ABS
- Local Government Area
- Albasu
- State
- Kano
- Headquarters
- Albasu
- Population
- 190,153 (2006)
- Area
- 398 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 ABS Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so ABS places the paperwork in Albasu. 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 ABS plate away from Kano 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 ABS plate number
What does the ABS plate number mean?
ABS is the registration code of Albasu Local Government Area in Kano. 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 ABS plate number from?
Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Albasu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to ABS in Kano
Codes either side of ABS in the Kano directory.
Have a whole ABS 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.