Plate code

KPD Plate Number Meaning: Okobo, Akwa Ibom

The KPD plate number is registered in Okobo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom. 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 KPD code — Okobo, Akwa Ibom
A plate issued in Okobo carries the KPD code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Okobo, run from Okopedi, issues KPD. The 2006 census counted 102,753 residents across 475.80 km², about 216 to the square kilometre. The code is a registration fact, which is why it survives every change of owner until re-registration. Nothing in the letters describes the car itself — that is what a chassis number is for.

KPD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KPD 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
KPD-128AA TOYOTA HILUX CUSTOM
KPD-174AA TOYOTA COROLLA GREEN
KPD-305AA MITSUBISHI SPACE STAR SILVER

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 KPD

Local Government Area
Okobo
State
Akwa Ibom
Headquarters
Okopedi
Population
102,753 (2006)
Area
475.8 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 KPD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KPD places the paperwork in Okobo. 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 KPD plate away from Akwa Ibom 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 KPD plate number

What does the KPD plate number mean?

KPD is the registration code of Okobo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. 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 KPD plate number from?

Akwa Ibom. The code identifies the local government area — Okobo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KPD in Akwa Ibom

Codes either side of KPD in the Akwa Ibom directory.

All Akwa Ibom plate number codes

Have a whole KPD 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.