Plate code

MKD Plate Number Meaning: Makurdi, Benue

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

Makurdi, run from Makurdi town, uses MKD. Around 517,342 people (2022) live across 937.40 km², some 552 for every square kilometre. Its plates turn up all over the country, because a code follows the vehicle rather than the address of its owner.

MKD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MKD 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
MKD-128AA toyota tacoma ash
MKD-174AA toyota carina e green
MKD-236AA TOYOTA PINIC GREEN
MKD-305AA JOHNDERE TRACTOR DARK
MKD-419AA TOYOTA CAMRY GREEN
MKD-507AA VOLKSWAGON GOLF 3 RED
MKD-628AA Volkswagen Passat Blue
MKD-741AA TOYOTA CAMRY DARK
MKD-123AA Toyota tacoma 2004 pulp

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 MKD

Local Government Area
Makurdi
State
Benue
Headquarters
Makurdi
Population
517,342 (2022)
Area
937.4 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 MKD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MKD places the paperwork in Makurdi. 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 MKD plate away from Benue 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 MKD plate number

What does the MKD plate number mean?

MKD is the registration code of Makurdi Local Government Area in Benue. 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 MKD plate number from?

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

Codes Next to MKD in Benue

Codes either side of MKD in the Benue directory.

All Benue plate number codes

Have a whole MKD 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.