Plate code

KTU Plate Number Meaning: Alimosho, Lagos

The KTU plate number is registered in Alimosho 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 KTU code — Alimosho, Lagos
A plate issued in Alimosho carries the KTU code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Alimosho registers under KTU. With about 1,288,714 people at the 2006 census, it is a district the size of a city in its own right. Plate letters are not a rank or a series: they simply record the local government area where the vehicle entered the register, which is what our three-letter lookup returns for KTU.

KTU Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KTU 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
KTU-128AA Mistubishi Space Wagon White
KTU-174AA Toyota Coaster Bus White
KTU-236AA Opel Astra Ash
KTU-305AA Nissan Primera Green
KTU-419AA Ford Explorer White
KTU-507AA Mazda S/Car Green
KTU-628AA Toyota Corolla Silver
KTU-741AA Nissan Pathfinder Jeep Red
KTU-853AA Peugeot 406 Blue
KTU-956AA M/Benz White
KTU-111AA Black
KTU-222AA Toyota Camry Gold
KTU-333AA Nissan Altima Green
KTU-444AA Ghana Bus Silver
KTU-555AA Volvo V70 Wagon Red
KTU-666AA Infinity Jeep Silver
KTU-777AA Toyota 4 Runner Jeep Green
KTU-888AA Toyota 4runner Black
KTU-123AA Honda Accord Ash
KTU-234AA Ford Mondeo Blue
KTU-345AA Toyota Corolla Black
KTU-456AA m/Benz 126 Bus White
KTU-567AA M/Benz Vito Bus Silver
KTU-678AA Ford Everest Black
KTU-789AA Toyota Camry 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 KTU Plates Look Like

33 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 10 of 30 records
Black Most common colour — 7 of 33 records

Counted from the 33 KTU 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 KTU

Local Government Area
Alimosho
State
Lagos
Headquarters
Ikotun
Population
1,288,714 (2006)

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the KTU Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KTU places the paperwork in Alimosho. 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 KTU 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 KTU plate number

What does the KTU plate number mean?

KTU is the registration code of Alimosho 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 KTU plate number from?

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

Can I find out who owns a KTU 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 KTU 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 KTU 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.

Have a whole KTU 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.