Plate code

GKB Plate Number Meaning: Ese-Odo, Ondo

The GKB plate number is registered in Ese-Odo Local Government Area, Ondo. 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 GKB code — Ese-Odo, Ondo
A plate issued in Ese-Odo carries the GKB code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

GKB is the Ese Odo code. The 2006 census recorded 154,978 residents over 762 km², some 203 for every square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so every settlement inside the local government area registers under these same three letters.

GKB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GKB 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
GKB-236AA NISSAN SUNNY ASH
GKB-419AA HONDA ACCORD ASH
GKB-956AA Toyota CAMRY BLUE
GKB-987AA Toyota HIACE PINK

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 GKB

Local Government Area
Ese-Odo
State
Ondo
Headquarters
Igbekebo
Population
154,978 (2006)
Area
762 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 GKB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GKB places the paperwork in Ese-Odo. 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 GKB plate away from Ondo 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 GKB plate number

What does the GKB plate number mean?

GKB is the registration code of Ese-Odo Local Government Area in Ondo. 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 GKB plate number from?

Ondo. The code identifies the local government area — Ese-Odo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole GKB 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.