GRU Plate Number Meaning: Kokona, Nasarawa
The GRU plate number is registered in Kokona Local Government Area, Nasarawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Kokona uses GRU. The 2006 census put 109,749 people on 1,844 km², near 60 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of a Nigerian plate; the digits and closing pair belong to the individual vehicle. The letters are the one part of a plate tied to a place.
GRU Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GRU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRU-419AA | VOLKSWAGEN SHARON 1998 | COSTUM | |
| GRU-507AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | CUSTOM | |
| GRU-628AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | ASH | |
| GRU-111AA | V/WAGON PASSAT | ASH | |
| GRU-222AA | Honda Accord Saloon | Ash | |
| GRU-987AA | HONDA CRV | 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 GRU
- Local Government Area
- Kokona
- State
- Nasarawa
- Headquarters
- Garaku
- Population
- 109,749 (2006)
- Area
- 1,844 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 GRU Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GRU places the paperwork in Kokona. 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 GRU plate away from Nasarawa 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 GRU plate number
What does the GRU plate number mean?
GRU is the registration code of Kokona Local Government Area in Nasarawa. 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 GRU plate number from?
Nasarawa. The code identifies the local government area — Kokona — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GRU in Nasarawa
Codes either side of GRU in the Nasarawa directory.
Have a whole GRU 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.