"There are several stories from folks living in fear for their lives because they don't believe in some deity. This is just one of them."
FTA: Bala attracted media attention in 2014 after being admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Kano by his parents when they found out he was atheist. He says his father and uncles held him down for 30 minutes and forced him to take medications given by the psychiatrist, who told him “everyone needs God”.