KUJ Plate Number Meaning: Kuje Area Council, Abuja
The KUJ plate number is registered in Kuje Area Council Local Government Area, Abuja. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Kuje Area Council, run from Kuje, registers as KUJ. About 212,100 people (2022) live across 1,644 km², roughly 129 to the square kilometre. Reading a plate from the capital works exactly as it does anywhere else in Nigeria: the letters place the registration, not the driver, and they survive every sale the vehicle goes through. Only re-registration in another council or state replaces them.
KUJ Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the KUJ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUJ-174AA | HONDA nil | ash | |
| KUJ-236AA | TOYOTA MATRIX | RED | |
| KUJ-305AA | HYUNDAI SONATA | NIL | |
| KUJ-419AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SALOON | ||
| KUJ-507AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| KUJ-628AA | TOYOTA PATHFINDER | WITH | |
| KUJ-741AA | V/WAGEN GOLF | NIL | |
| KUJ-853AA | HYUNDAI SALOON | ||
| KUJ-111AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER | CUSTOM | |
| KUJ-222AA | NISSAN WAGON SPORT SALOON | ||
| KUJ-999AA | JEEP | ||
| KUJ-123AA | HONDA CRV CRV | ||
| KUJ-987AA | PEUGEOT 406 | 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 KUJ Plates Look Like
Counted from the 13 KUJ 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 KUJ
- Local Government Area
- Kuje Area Council
- State
- Abuja (FCT)
- Headquarters
- Kuje
- Population
- 212,100 (2022)
- Area
- 1,644 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 KUJ Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KUJ places the paperwork in Kuje Area Council. 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 KUJ plate away from Abuja 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 KUJ plate number
What does the KUJ plate number mean?
KUJ is the registration code of Kuje Area Council Local Government Area in Abuja. 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 KUJ plate number from?
Abuja. The code identifies the local government area — Kuje Area Council — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Can I find out who owns a KUJ 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 KUJ plate valid outside Abuja?
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 KUJ 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.
Codes Next to KUJ in Abuja
Codes either side of KUJ in the Abuja directory.
Have a whole KUJ 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.