“The People’s Paradise” : Alphanumeric Codes On Cross River State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“The People’s Paradise” : What the Alphanumeric (consisting of both letters and numerals) codes on Cross River License Plates stands for. 

The unique number plate combination used by Private and Commercial vehicles is in the format ABC-123DE. 

The first three letters (ABC) indicates the Local Government Area (LGA) where the vehicle is registered.

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Vehicle Registration Plates (license plate number) issued to both private and commercial vehicles in Cross River State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “The People’s Paradise”, displayed at the top centre of the plate.

Like any other plates issued across the country, the unique plate combination is in the format ABC-123DE, with each of the first three letters (ABC) indicating the Local Government Areas (LGA) in Cross River or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

The following are the first three letters on Cross River plate numbers and the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered.

ABI – TGD

AKAMKPA – RAM

AKPABUYO – KTA

BAKASSI – BKS

BEKWARA – ABE

BIASE – AKP

BOKI – BJE

CALABAR-MUNICIPAL – CAL

CALABAR-SOUTH – ANA

ETUNK – EFE

IKOM – KMM

OBANLIKU – BNS

OBUBRA – BRA

OBUDU – UDU

ODUKPANI – DUK

OGOJA – GGJ

YAKURR – GEP

YALA – CKK

ABC-123DE

In addition to the first three letters, which indicates the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered, the next three digits on the number plates are numbers while the last two letters are used for numbering.

Like other plates issued across the Nation, license plates generally have white background while the color of the numbers varies by vehicle type. Numbers is imprinted in blue for Private vehicles while Commercial vehicles like Danfo buses use red.

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