In April 2022, Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in Kano State, in Muslim-dominated Northern Nigeria after being convicted of blaspheming Islam.
Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. "I regret to state that some media have completely misreported on this, and I have yet to meet the current tenant of Aso Rock.