Plate code

DRK Plate Number Meaning: Ini, Akwa Ibom

The DRK plate number is registered in Ini Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom. 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 DRK code — Ini, Akwa Ibom
A plate issued in Ini carries the DRK code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

DRK marks Ini, administered from Odoro Ikpe. About 126,400 residents (2022) live across 406.90 km², roughly 311 for every square kilometre. Codes stay with the vehicle through resale and change only on re-registration in another district. Reading them back to a district is what our three-letter lookup does, and where its answer ends.

DRK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DRK 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
DRK-174AA Honda Accord Custom
DRK-419AA TOYOTA AVALON GREY
DRK-628AA DAIHATSU HIJET GREY
DRK-741AA TOYOTA PRADO CUSTOM
DRK-222AA Hyundai Black

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 DRK

Local Government Area
Ini
State
Akwa Ibom
Headquarters
Odoro Ikpe
Population
126,400 (2022)
Area
406.9 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 DRK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DRK places the paperwork in Ini. 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 DRK plate away from Akwa Ibom 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 DRK plate number

What does the DRK plate number mean?

DRK is the registration code of Ini Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. 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 DRK plate number from?

Akwa Ibom. The code identifies the local government area — Ini — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to DRK in Akwa Ibom

Codes either side of DRK in the Akwa Ibom directory.

All Akwa Ibom plate number codes

Have a whole DRK 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.