Plate code

KJA Plate Number Meaning: Ikeja, Lagos

The KJA plate number is registered in Ikeja Local Government Area, Lagos. 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 KJA code — Ikeja, Lagos
A plate issued in Ikeja carries the KJA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KJA is issued in Ikeja, the district administered from the town of the same name. About 470,200 people (2022) live across 49.92 km², roughly 9,400 to the square kilometre. It is among the codes motorists check most often, and the answer is always the same kind of answer: the letters place the registration in a district, and the rest of the plate identifies the car.

KJA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KJA 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
KJA-128AA Hyundai Elantra Silver
KJA-174AA Toyota Rav 4 Ash
KJA-236AA Liberty Jeep Wine
KJA-305AA Mazda 626 Blue
KJA-419AA V/W Vento S/Car Custom
KJA-507AA Toyota Tacoma P/Up Custom
KJA-628AA Mazda Tribute Green
KJA-741AA Toyota Sienna Blue
KJA-853AA Frod Escape Jeep Grey
KJA-111AA Toyota Camry S/C White
KJA-222AA Nissan Maxima Gold
KJA-333AA Honda Pilot Black
KJA-444AA Toyota Camry Silver
KJA-555AA Nissan Pathfinder Brown
KJA-666AA Toyota Camry Black
KJA-777AA Toyota Sienna Wine
KJA-888AA Toyota Camry Grey
KJA-123AA Hyundai Jeep Blue
KJA-234AA Toyota Avalon Silver
KJA-456AA Chevrolet Aveo Black
KJA-567AA Toyota Highlander Jeep Grey
KJA-678AA Nissan Xterra Jeep Grey
KJA-789AA Infiniti Qx56 Black
KJA-876AA Honda Accord Silver
KJA-765AA Honda Pilot Black

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 KJA Plates Look Like

30 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 13 of 30 records
Black Most common colour — 7 of 28 records

Counted from the 30 KJA 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 KJA

Local Government Area
Ikeja
State
Lagos
Headquarters
Ikeja
Population
470,200 (2022)
Area
49.92 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 KJA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KJA places the paperwork in Ikeja. 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 KJA plate away from Lagos 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 KJA plate number

What does the KJA plate number mean?

KJA is the registration code of Ikeja Local Government Area in Lagos. 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 KJA plate number from?

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

Can I find out who owns a KJA plate number?

No, and not from any public source. Registration holders are personal data held by the FRSC and the state motor vehicle administration agency, released to the police, the courts and insurers through their own channels. What is public is the code, which is what this page publishes.

Is a KJA plate valid outside Lagos?

Yes. A Nigerian plate is valid nationwide, and the code simply records where the registration was issued. Re-registration is what changes the code, and it is not required merely because the vehicle has moved.

How do I check a full KJA plate number?

Use the plate lookup on our verify page: type the whole plate, and it reads the three-letter prefix and returns the local government area and the state. To find out what the vehicle has been through, check it by VIN instead.

Codes Next to KJA in Lagos

Codes either side of KJA in the Lagos directory.

All Lagos plate number codes

Have a whole KJA 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.