Driver’s License

Verify a customer’s identity using their Driver’s License Number through the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). This service validates the provided license number along with the customer’s first and last name, returning detailed information associated with the driver’s license record.

USE CASE

Driver’s License verification can be used to confirm a customer’s identity using their official Nigerian Driver’s License Number issued by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).

Businesses can use this service to:

Verify customer identity during onboarding and KYC processes
Validate driver details for mobility, logistics, and ride-hailing platforms
Reduce identity fraud by confirming license records against FRSC data
Retrieve accurate license information linked to the individual’s name

This is ideal for banks, fintechs, insurance companies, transport platforms, and any service that requires trusted driver identity verification.

To verify a Driver's License

{{baseUrl}}/v1/ng/identities/driver-license/{idNumber}

Path Parameter

Parameter	Type	Description
idNumber (REQUIRED)	string	Driver License Number

Request Body

POST Parameter	Type	Description
fistname (REQUIRED)	string	First Name
lastname (REQUIRED)	string	Last Name
dob (OPTIONAL)	dateString	Date Of Birth(YYYY-MM-DD)
phone (OPTIONAL)	string	Phone Number
email (OPTIONAL)	string	Email
gender (OPTIONAL)	string	Gender

This endpoint will return all bio-data information captured, including the issue and expiry data of the license.To conduct a test

Response Sample

{
    "id": 1603,
    "applicant": {
        "firstname": "Dillon",
        "lastname": "Bunch"
    },
    "summary": {
        "drivers_license_check": {
            "status": "EXACT_MATCH",
            "fieldMatches": {
                "firstname": true,
                "lastname": true
            }
        }
    },
    "status": {
        "state": "complete",
        "status": "verified"
    },
    "insight": [  // detail of other organisations that have checked this same ID recently
        {
            "serviceCategory": "Commercial Banks",
            "insightCount": 1,
            "timeframeInMonths": 12
        },
        {
            "serviceCategory": "Digital Bank",
            "insightCount": 1,
            "timeframeInMonths": 12
        }
    ],
    "drivers_license": {
        "driversLicense": "63184876213",
        "firstname": "Dillon",
        "lastname": "Bunch",
        "birthdate": "17-08-1976",
        "photo": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAg*******/wCpiNUFoooEf//Z",
        "issued_date": "20-09-2018",
        "expiry_date": "17-08-2021",
        "state_of_issue": "FCT",
        "gender": "Male",
        "message": "Success"
    }
}