Plate code

KAB Plate Number Meaning: Kabba/Bunu, Kogi

The KAB plate number is registered in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, Kogi. 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 KAB code — Kabba/Bunu, Kogi
A plate issued in Kabba/Bunu carries the KAB code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KAB belongs to Kabba/Bunu, administered from Kabba. Around 145,446 people were counted there in 2006 across 2,706 km², near 54 to the square kilometre. The code is issued once, with the papers, and read back later exactly as given. Everything else about the car comes from its chassis number.

KAB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KAB 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
KAB-128AA Toyota Carina Ash
KAB-174AA Mercedes Benz Saloon Red
KAB-236AA Toyota Camry Saloon Car Ash
KAB-305AA Nissan Sunny Blue
KAB-507AA Toyota Camry Ash
KAB-628AA Peugoet Srs Grey
KAB-741AA OPEL ASTRA ASTRA MARON
KAB-853AA Matrix Blue
KAB-956AA Camry Ash
KAB-111AA FORD ECONOLINE ECONOLINE 350 BLUE
KAB-222AA TOYOTA MATRIX NIL
KAB-987AA TOYOTA COROLLA GREEN

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.

What KAB Plates Look Like

12 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 7 of 12 records
Ash Most common colour — 4 of 11 records

Counted from the 12 KAB plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind KAB

Local Government Area
Kabba/Bunu
State
Kogi
Headquarters
Kabba
Population
145,446 (2006)
Area
2,706 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 KAB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KAB places the paperwork in Kabba/Bunu. 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 KAB plate away from Kogi 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 KAB plate number

What does the KAB plate number mean?

KAB is the registration code of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area in Kogi. 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 KAB plate number from?

Kogi. The code identifies the local government area — Kabba/Bunu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KAB in Kogi

Codes either side of KAB in the Kogi directory.

All Kogi plate number codes

Have a whole KAB 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.