PKM Plate Number Meaning: Potiskum, Yobe
The PKM plate number is registered in Potiskum Local Government Area, Yobe. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Potiskum, administered from Potiskum town, registers as PKM. The 2006 census recorded 204,866 residents within 559 km² — the smallest by area of the Yobe districts, at about 366 for every square kilometre. Its plates travel far beyond the state, because a code follows the car.
PKM Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the PKM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PKM-174AA | TOYOTA HIACE | YELLOW | |
| PKM-236AA | TOYOTA CARINA E 97 | N/A | |
| PKM-628AA | MERCEDES-BENZ BENZ | WHITE |
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 PKM
- Local Government Area
- Potiskum
- State
- Yobe
- Headquarters
- Potiskum
- Population
- 204,866 (2006)
- Area
- 559 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 PKM Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so PKM places the paperwork in Potiskum. 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 PKM plate away from Yobe 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 PKM plate number
What does the PKM plate number mean?
PKM is the registration code of Potiskum Local Government Area in Yobe. 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 PKM plate number from?
Yobe. The code identifies the local government area — Potiskum — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to PKM in Yobe
Codes either side of PKM in the Yobe directory.
Have a whole PKM 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.