Plate code

KMB Plate Number Meaning: Dandi, Kebbi

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

KMB belongs to Dandi, administered from Kamba. About 144,273 residents were recorded there in 2006 across 2,003 km², near 72 to the square kilometre. The letters follow the vehicle rather than the driver and survive every change of hands. So a plate checked years later still points back here.

KMB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KMB 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
KMB-128AA TOYOTA COROLLA 1998 CUSTOM
KMB-174AA Toyota Corolla Custom
KMB-419AA Toyota Corolla Custom
KMB-507AA OPEL ASTRA ASTRA CUSTOM
KMB-956AA HONDA ACCORD WEISS
KMB-111AA Nissan Almera Black
KMB-222AA Toyota Starlet Custom
KMB-999AA TOYOTA MATRIX WEISS
KMB-123AA Toyota Corolla 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 KMB

Local Government Area
Dandi
State
Kebbi
Headquarters
Kamba
Population
144,273 (2006)
Area
2,003 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 KMB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KMB places the paperwork in Dandi. 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 KMB plate away from Kebbi 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 KMB plate number

What does the KMB plate number mean?

KMB is the registration code of Dandi Local Government Area in Kebbi. 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 KMB plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KMB in Kebbi

Codes either side of KMB in the Kebbi directory.

All Kebbi plate number codes

Have a whole KMB 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.