Plate code

AKD Plate Number Meaning: Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos

The AKD plate number is registered in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area, Lagos. 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 AKD code — Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos
A plate issued in Ibeju-Lekki carries the AKD code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ibeju-Lekki registers vehicles under AKD, with the council seat at Akodo. The 2006 census counted 117,481 residents across 455 km², around 258 people to the square kilometre, so this is one of the roomier corners of the state. A reader can take AKD as the place of registration and nothing more; it says where the car was papered, not who keeps it today.

AKD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AKD 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
AKD-128AA Landrover Freelander Wine
AKD-174AA Honda Accord Black
AKD-236AA Toyota Sienna Blue
AKD-305AA Toyota P/Up Green
AKD-419AA Ducato Bus White
AKD-507AA Toyota Prado Silver
AKD-628AA Toyota 4runner Black
AKD-853AA Honda Civic Black
AKD-956AA WINDSTAR Red
AKD-111AA Land Rover Freelander Grey
AKD-222AA Range Rover Silver
AKD-333AA Toyota Tundra Jeep Black
AKD-444AA Toyota Highlander Gold
AKD-555AA Toyota Camry Brown
AKD-666AA Nissan Primera S/C Blue
AKD-777AA Toyota Camry Blue
AKD-888AA Volvo Xc90 Black
AKD-999AA Toyota Sienna Silver
AKD-123AA M/Benz Station Wagon Wine
AKD-234AA Nissan Xterra Jeep Ash
AKD-345AA Toyota Corolla Silver
AKD-456AA Toyota Sienna Ash
AKD-567AA Lexus Ls 200 Ash
AKD-678AA Toyota Sienna Green
AKD-789AA Nissan Pathfinder Jeep 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.

What AKD Plates Look Like

31 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 14 of 29 records
Black Most common colour — 7 of 31 records

Counted from the 31 AKD 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 AKD

Local Government Area
Ibeju-Lekki
State
Lagos
Headquarters
Akodo
Population
117,481 (2006)
Area
455 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 AKD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AKD places the paperwork in Ibeju-Lekki. 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 AKD plate away from Lagos 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 AKD plate number

What does the AKD plate number mean?

AKD is the registration code of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area in Lagos. 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 AKD plate number from?

Lagos. The code identifies the local government area — Ibeju-Lekki — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Can I find out who owns a AKD plate number?

No, and not from any public source. Registration holders are personal data held by the FRSC and the state motor vehicle administration agency, released to the police, the courts and insurers through their own channels. What is public is the code, which is what this page publishes.

Is a AKD plate valid outside Lagos?

Yes. A Nigerian plate is valid nationwide, and the code simply records where the registration was issued. Re-registration is what changes the code, and it is not required merely because the vehicle has moved.

How do I check a full AKD plate number?

Use the plate lookup on our verify page: type the whole plate, and it reads the three-letter prefix and returns the local government area and the state. To find out what the vehicle has been through, check it by VIN instead.

Have a whole AKD 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.