SHK Plate Number Meaning: Saki-West, Oyo
The SHK plate number is registered in Saki-West Local Government Area, Oyo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Saki West, seat at Saki, registers vehicles as SHK. The 2006 census put 278,002 residents on 2,014 km², about 138 for every square kilometre. The code names a local government area and says nothing about the make or age of a car.
SHK Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the SHK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHK-128AA | V/Wagen Golf | Ash | |
| SHK-174AA | Nissan Almera S/C | Black | |
| SHK-236AA | 230 E | White | |
| SHK-305AA | Volks Wagen Golf | Custom | |
| SHK-419AA | m/Benz 200 s/Car | White | |
| SHK-507AA | 190 | White | |
| SHK-853AA | OPEL ASTRA ASTRA | YELLOW | |
| SHK-956AA | OPEL SIGNUM | SILVER | |
| SHK-111AA | Toyota Camry S/Car | Ash | |
| SHK-222AA | V/Wagen Golf S/Car | Green | |
| SHK-123AA | Nissan Micra | 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.
What SHK Plates Look Like
Counted from the 11 SHK 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 SHK
- Local Government Area
- Saki-West
- State
- Oyo
- Headquarters
- Saki
- Population
- 278,002 (2006)
- Area
- 2,014 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 SHK Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so SHK places the paperwork in Saki-West. 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 SHK plate away from Oyo 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 SHK plate number
What does the SHK plate number mean?
SHK is the registration code of Saki-West Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 SHK plate number from?
Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Saki-West — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to SHK in Oyo
Codes either side of SHK in the Oyo directory.
Have a whole SHK 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.