Plate code

BKB Plate Number Meaning: Buruku, Benue

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

BKB belongs to Buruku. The 2006 census recorded 203,721 residents on 1,246 km², some 164 to the square kilometre. Benue registers vehicles under twenty-three codes, one for each of its local government areas. A code is not a batch or a year of issue, so an old plate decodes like a new one. The letters record a district, and this is the district they record.

BKB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BKB 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
BKB-305AA TOYOTA CAMRY SILVER
BKB-741AA TOYOTA COROLLA BLUE
BKB-956AA TOYOTA CAMRY WHITE

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 BKB

Local Government Area
Buruku
State
Benue
Headquarters
Buruku
Population
203,721 (2006)
Area
1,246 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 BKB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BKB places the paperwork in Buruku. 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 BKB plate away from Benue 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 BKB plate number

What does the BKB plate number mean?

BKB is the registration code of Buruku Local Government Area in Benue. 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 BKB plate number from?

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

Codes Next to BKB in Benue

Codes either side of BKB in the Benue directory.

All Benue plate number codes

Have a whole BKB 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.