Plate code

BKK Plate Number Meaning: Bokkos, Plateau

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

Bokkos, administered from Bokkos town, registers vehicles as BKK. The 2006 census counted 178,454 residents over 1,682 km² — roughly 106 for every square kilometre. Plateau uses seventeen codes, one per district, and a plate keeps the one it was issued under until re-registration.

BKK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BKK 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
BKK-128AA PEUGEOT 206 WHITE
BKK-174AA MAZDA 626 PURPLE
BKK-236AA MAZDA 626 RED
BKK-741AA VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT RED
BKK-956AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
BKK-999AA FORD GALAXY OX BLOOD
BKK-123AA HONDA ACCORD GREEN

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 BKK

Local Government Area
Bokkos
State
Plateau
Headquarters
Bokkos
Population
178,454 (2006)
Area
1,682 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 BKK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BKK places the paperwork in Bokkos. 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 BKK plate away from Plateau 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 BKK plate number

What does the BKK plate number mean?

BKK is the registration code of Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau. 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 BKK plate number from?

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

Codes Next to BKK in Plateau

Codes either side of BKK in the Plateau directory.

All Plateau plate number codes

Have a whole BKK 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.