Plate code

SKK Plate Number Meaning: Sokoto-North, Sokoto

The SKK plate number is registered in Sokoto-North 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 SKK code — Sokoto-North, Sokoto
A plate issued in Sokoto-North carries the SKK code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

SKK is the Sokoto North code, run from Sokoto. Around 232,846 people lived within its 51 km² at the 2006 census, about 4,566 for every square kilometre. Its plates appear far beyond the state, because a code follows the car rather than its owner's address.

SKK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the SKK 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
SKK-956AA M/Benz 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 SKK

Local Government Area
Sokoto-North
State
Sokoto
Headquarters
Sokoto
Population
232,846 (2006)
Area
51 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 SKK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so SKK places the paperwork in Sokoto-North. 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 SKK 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 SKK plate number

What does the SKK plate number mean?

SKK is the registration code of Sokoto-North 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 SKK plate number from?

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

Codes Next to SKK in Sokoto

Codes either side of SKK in the Sokoto directory.

All Sokoto plate number codes

Have a whole SKK 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.