The bustling market is located along Wukari-Zaki-Biam Road and is open every day of the week during the yam season. When it started, it held only once a week.
In the beginning, the market only attracted yam farmers and buyers from within the old Gongola State. Soon, others came from other states of the country and within a short time, the market experienced rapid growth. This growth is very much connected to the massive yam production in Wukari and environs.
In 1987, the former chairman of Wukari Local Government Council, Alhaji Danladi Shehu, relocated the market to its present site.
A pickup truck loaded with yam from villages around Wukari bring the tubers into the market.