 The original name of the market was Kaduna Central Market, but in 1994 it was renamed after a prominent scholar of Sunni muslim, late Sheik Abubakar Gumi and it is the centre of commerce of Kaduna State and it is owned by the State government.People of different ethnic groups are present in the market, there are Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, whom share their trading experience as one entity.On March 16, 2000, over hundreds of traders at the Sheik Abubakar mahmud Gumi Market in Kaduna state, woke up, and found out that their shops were burnt by fire.