Plate code

AKR Plate Number Meaning: Akure South, Ondo

The AKR plate number is registered in Akure South Local Government Area, Ondo. 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 AKR code — Akure South, Ondo
A plate issued in Akure South carries the AKR code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

AKR is issued in Akure South, the district administered from Akure. The 2006 census counted 353,211 residents across 331 km², about 1,067 people to the square kilometre. Nigerian plates carry the local government area of registration in their opening three letters, and this district holds these. They are fixed when a car is first papered and stay with it afterwards.

AKR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AKR 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
AKR-956AA V/W Golf Saloon Car Custom
AKR-111AA NISSAN ALTIMA GREY
AKR-222AA CHEROKEE JEEP GRAND WINE
AKR-999AA TOYOTA 4RUNNER GOLD
AKR-123AA TOYOTA 2001 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 AKR

Local Government Area
Akure South
State
Ondo
Headquarters
Akure
Population
353,211 (2006)
Area
331 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 AKR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AKR places the paperwork in Akure South. 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 AKR plate away from Ondo 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 AKR plate number

What does the AKR plate number mean?

AKR is the registration code of Akure South Local Government Area in Ondo. 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 AKR plate number from?

Ondo. The code identifies the local government area — Akure South — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole AKR 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.