KEY Plate Number Meaning: Ilorin-East, Kwara
The KEY plate number is registered in Ilorin-East Local Government Area, Kwara. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Ilorin East, seat at Oke-Oyi, registers as KEY. Around 204,310 people lived across its 486 km² in 2006, about 420 to the square kilometre. The code is replaced only by re-registration in another district; a sale leaves it untouched. Nothing after them on the plate names anywhere at all.
KEY Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the KEY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEY-128AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | GOLDEN |
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 KEY
- Local Government Area
- Ilorin-East
- State
- Kwara
- Headquarters
- Oke-Oyi
- Population
- 204,310 (2006)
- Area
- 486 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 KEY Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KEY places the paperwork in Ilorin-East. 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 KEY plate away from Kwara 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 KEY plate number
What does the KEY plate number mean?
KEY is the registration code of Ilorin-East Local Government Area in Kwara. 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 KEY plate number from?
Kwara. The code identifies the local government area — Ilorin-East — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to KEY in Kwara
Codes either side of KEY in the Kwara directory.
Have a whole KEY 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.