Plate code

LLA Plate Number Meaning: Illela, Sokoto

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

LLA belongs to Illela, whose seat is at Illela town. About 150,489 people were recorded there in 2006 across 1,246 km², some 121 to the square kilometre. Two cars papered here on the same day carry these letters and differ in the serial that follows.

LLA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the LLA 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
LLA-128AA Honda Accord Custom
LLA-956AA TOYOTA AVENSIS 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 LLA

Local Government Area
Illela
State
Sokoto
Headquarters
Illela
Population
150,489 (2006)
Area
1,246 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 LLA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so LLA places the paperwork in Illela. 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 LLA plate away from Sokoto 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 LLA plate number

What does the LLA plate number mean?

LLA is the registration code of Illela Local Government Area in Sokoto. 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 LLA plate number from?

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

Codes Next to LLA in Sokoto

Codes either side of LLA in the Sokoto directory.

All Sokoto plate number codes

Have a whole LLA 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.