Plate code

BKN Plate Number Meaning: Obokun, Osun

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

Obokun, administered from Ibokun, uses BKN. Its population was about 144,980 in 2019, over 527 km² — near 275 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair belong to the individual car and decode to nothing at all.

BKN Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BKN 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
BKN-128AA M/BENZ 230 BROWN
BKN-174AA TOYOTA AVENSIS BLACK
BKN-628AA TOYOTA COROLLA GOLD
BKN-741AA HONDA ACURA JEEP NOT INDICATED
BKN-853AA KIA RIO RED
BKN-222AA HONDA ACCORD DARK BLUE
BKN-123AA NISSAN PRIMERA WINE

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 BKN

Local Government Area
Obokun
State
Osun
Headquarters
Ibokun
Population
144,980 (2019)
Area
527 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 BKN Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BKN places the paperwork in Obokun. 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 BKN plate away from Osun 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 BKN plate number

What does the BKN plate number mean?

BKN is the registration code of Obokun Local Government Area in Osun. 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 BKN plate number from?

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

Have a whole BKN 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.