Plate code

PKG Plate Number Meaning: Okpokwu, Benue

The PKG plate number is registered in Okpokwu 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 PKG code — Okpokwu, Benue
A plate issued in Okpokwu carries the PKG code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Okpokwu, seat at Okpoga, registers as PKG. Around 176,647 people were counted in 2006 across 731 km², roughly 242 for every square kilometre. The code is part of the registration record and can be checked long after the sale it survived.

PKG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the PKG 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
PKG-128AA TOYOTA CARINA E RED
PKG-174AA 406 Custom
PKG-236AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GOLF RED
PKG-305AA TOYOTA CARINA ASH
PKG-123AA NISSAN SUNNY BLUE

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 PKG

Local Government Area
Okpokwu
State
Benue
Headquarters
Okpoga
Population
176,647 (2006)
Area
731 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 PKG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

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

What does the PKG plate number mean?

PKG is the registration code of Okpokwu 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 PKG plate number from?

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

Have a whole PKG 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.