Plate code

YEK Plate Number Meaning: Ilejemeje, Ekiti

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

Ilejemeje uses YEK. The 2006 census recorded 43,530 people across 95 km², about 458 for every square kilometre. Allocation follows districts rather than size: a small local government area receives a full code exactly like a large one. A sale changes the owner, never the district on the plate.

YEK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the YEK 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
YEK-174AA KIA SPORTAGE ASH
YEK-236AA MAZDA PRIMACY .. WINE
YEK-305AA Galaxy Red
YEK-419AA TOYOTA CAMRY GOLD
YEK-123AA 323 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 YEK

Local Government Area
Ilejemeje
State
Ekiti
Headquarters
Iye Ekiti
Population
43,530 (2006)
Area
95 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 YEK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so YEK places the paperwork in Ilejemeje. 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 YEK plate away from Ekiti 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 YEK plate number

What does the YEK plate number mean?

YEK is the registration code of Ilejemeje Local Government Area in Ekiti. 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 YEK plate number from?

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

Codes Next to YEK in Ekiti

Codes either side of YEK in the Ekiti directory.

All Ekiti plate number codes

Have a whole YEK 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.