Plate code

BJK Plate Number Meaning: Omala, Kogi

The BJK plate number is registered in Omala Local Government Area, Kogi. 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 BJK code — Omala, Kogi
A plate issued in Omala carries the BJK code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Omala uses BJK. The 2006 census put 108,402 residents on 1,667 km², near 65 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair belong to the individual vehicle alone. Nothing after them on the plate names anywhere at all.

BJK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BJK 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
BJK-236AA Toyota Camry Black
BJK-305AA Toyota Corolla Ash
BJK-628AA TOYOTA STARLET CUSTOM
BJK-111AA Volkswagen Golf White
BJK-222AA Solara 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.

The District Behind BJK

Local Government Area
Omala
State
Kogi
Headquarters
Abejukolo
Population
108,402 (2006)
Area
1,667 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 BJK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BJK places the paperwork in Omala. 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 BJK plate away from Kogi 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 BJK plate number

What does the BJK plate number mean?

BJK is the registration code of Omala Local Government Area in Kogi. 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 BJK plate number from?

Kogi. The code identifies the local government area — Omala — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole BJK 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.