Plate code

DKG Plate Number Meaning: Suru, Kebbi

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

Suru, seat at Dakin Gari, uses DKG. The 2006 census recorded 150,230 residents on 1,352 km², roughly 111 for every square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so settlements inside the local government area share these letters. Registering the car elsewhere is the only thing that replaces them.

DKG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DKG 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
DKG-128AA TOYOTA SIENNA 2000 GREEN
DKG-419AA Corolla Custom
DKG-507AA Toyota Carina e Custom
DKG-628AA HONDA ACCORD WEISS
DKG-111AA Toyota Corolla Saloon Custom
DKG-123AA Honda Civic Blue

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 DKG

Local Government Area
Suru
State
Kebbi
Headquarters
Dakin Gari
Population
150,230 (2006)
Area
1,352 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 DKG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DKG places the paperwork in Suru. 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 DKG plate away from Kebbi 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 DKG plate number

What does the DKG plate number mean?

DKG is the registration code of Suru Local Government Area in Kebbi. 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 DKG plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DKG in Kebbi

Codes either side of DKG in the Kebbi directory.

All Kebbi plate number codes

Have a whole DKG 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.