GKP Plate Number Meaning: Apa, Benue
The GKP plate number is registered in Apa Local Government Area, Benue. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
GKP is the Apa code, administered from Ugbokpo. Around 175,000 residents (2022) live in the district. On a Nigerian plate the letters place the registration and the digits identify the individual car; only the first part can be decoded from a directory.
GKP Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GKP 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GKP-128AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 190E | ASH | |
| GKP-174AA | TOYOTA TERCEL | RED | |
| GKP-419AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 200 | CUSTOM | |
| GKP-628AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| GKP-111AA | 200 | Custom | |
| GKP-222AA | HONDA ACCORD | GOLD |
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 GKP
- Local Government Area
- Apa
- State
- Benue
- Headquarters
- Ugbokpo
- Population
- 175,000 (2022)
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the GKP Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GKP places the paperwork in Apa. 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 GKP plate away from Benue 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 GKP plate number
What does the GKP plate number mean?
GKP is the registration code of Apa Local Government Area in Benue. 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 GKP plate number from?
Benue. The code identifies the local government area — Apa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GKP in Benue
Codes either side of GKP in the Benue directory.
Have a whole GKP 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.