Plate code

KEF Plate Number Meaning: Keffi, Nasarawa

The KEF plate number is registered in Keffi 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.

Nigerian number plate with the KEF code — Keffi, Nasarawa
A plate issued in Keffi carries the KEF code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KEF marks Keffi, administered from Keffi town. About 92,664 residents were counted there in 2006 within 138 km² — roughly 671 for every square kilometre, and the most densely populated district in the state. It is also the smallest by area, which changes nothing about its code.

KEF Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KEF 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
KEF-128AA V/WAGEN GOLF BLUE
KEF-419AA Mitsubushi L-200 Custom
KEF-507AA Honda Accord Saloon Black
KEF-628AA HONDA CIVIC Custom
KEF-222AA Honda Civic Custom

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 KEF

Local Government Area
Keffi
State
Nasarawa
Headquarters
Keffi
Population
92,664 (2006)
Area
138 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 KEF Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KEF places the paperwork in Keffi. 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 KEF 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 KEF plate number

What does the KEF plate number mean?

KEF is the registration code of Keffi 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 KEF plate number from?

Nasarawa. The code identifies the local government area — Keffi — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KEF in Nasarawa

Codes either side of KEF in the Nasarawa directory.

All Nasarawa plate number codes

Have a whole KEF 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.