BKS Plate Number Meaning: Bakassi, Cross River
The BKS plate number is registered in Bakassi Local Government Area, Cross River. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BKS is the plate code of Bakassi, one of the local government areas of Cross River State. The first group of letters on a Nigerian plate names the district where the vehicle was entered on the register, and it is not touched by a change of owner. Only re-registration elsewhere replaces it, so BKS keeps pointing back here.
BKS Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BKS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BKS-128AA | NISSAN PRIMERA | GOLD | |
| BKS-236AA | TOYOTA STARLET | ASH | |
| BKS-305AA | AUDI AUDI 80 | MARLOON | |
| BKS-419AA | GOLF 3 | BLUE | |
| BKS-507AA | Mazda 626 Saloon Car. | Custom | |
| BKS-628AA | Hyundai Accent | Custom | |
| BKS-741AA | Hyundai Sonate | Custom | |
| BKS-853AA | Honda Accord | Custom | |
| BKS-956AA | Nissan Primera | Custom | |
| BKS-111AA | M/Benz 230 | Cream | |
| BKS-222AA | Toyota Highlander | Custom | |
| BKS-999AA | Nissan Pathfinder | Custom |
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.
What BKS Plates Look Like
Counted from the 14 BKS plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind BKS
- Local Government Area
- Bakassi
- State
- Cross River
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the BKS Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BKS places the paperwork in Bakassi. 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 BKS plate away from Cross River 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 BKS plate number
What does the BKS plate number mean?
BKS is the registration code of Bakassi Local Government Area in Cross River. 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 BKS plate number from?
Cross River. The code identifies the local government area — Bakassi — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BKS in Cross River
Codes either side of BKS in the Cross River directory.
Have a whole BKS 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.