Plate code

KLE Plate Number Meaning: Ikole, Ekiti

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

Ikole, seat at Ikole-Ekiti, uses KLE. About 168,436 people were recorded there in 2006 across 321 km², some 525 to the square kilometre. The code is replaced only by re-registration in another district; nothing else touches it. The letters are the one part of a plate tied to a place.

KLE Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KLE 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
KLE-128AA Galaxy Custom
KLE-236AA Sienna Custom
KLE-956AA 180 Custom
KLE-111AA Almera Green
KLE-999AA Camry Custom
KLE-987AA Camry 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 KLE

Local Government Area
Ikole
State
Ekiti
Headquarters
Ikole-Ekiti
Population
168,436 (2006)
Area
321 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 KLE Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KLE places the paperwork in Ikole. 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 KLE plate away from Ekiti 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 KLE plate number

What does the KLE plate number mean?

KLE is the registration code of Ikole Local Government Area in Ekiti. 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 KLE plate number from?

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

Have a whole KLE 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.