Plate code

KKY Plate Number Meaning: Ori-Ire, Oyo

The KKY plate number is registered in Ori-Ire Local Government Area, Oyo. 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 KKY code — Ori-Ire, Oyo
A plate issued in Ori-Ire carries the KKY code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ori Ire, administered from Ikoyi-Ile, uses KKY. The 2006 census put 150,628 residents on 2,116 km², near 71 for every square kilometre. The code stays on the plate for the life of the registration it was issued with. A sale changes the owner, never the district on the plate.

KKY Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KKY 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
KKY-128AA Honda Accord Green
KKY-174AA Toyota Tercel S/Car Gold
KKY-236AA M/Benz Ash
KKY-111AA Mitsubishi Lancer Wagon Grey
KKY-222AA Toyota Camry S/C Custom
KKY-123AA Toyota Tacoma P/Up 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.

The District Behind KKY

Local Government Area
Ori-Ire
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Ikoyi-Ile
Population
150,628 (2006)
Area
2,116 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 KKY Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KKY places the paperwork in Ori-Ire. 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 KKY plate away from Oyo 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 KKY plate number

What does the KKY plate number mean?

KKY is the registration code of Ori-Ire Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 KKY plate number from?

Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Ori-Ire — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole KKY 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.