Senator Dino Melaye has shared a picture from his meeting with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, in 2019.
The former lawmaker disclosed that he met Mr Biden in Chicago, United States last year at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Annual International Convention.
Melaye shared the picture on social media on Sunday night. He also met American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson, at the gathering.
“Last year in Chicago with VP Joe Biden, presidential candidate of Democratic party in the United States of America and Jesse Jackson,” he wrote.
Melaye also shared a cross-section picture of delegates at the convention, adding that he delivered the keynote address.
The former Kogi West legislator had been criticised for posing for photographs with Raymond Igbalode, better known as Hushpuppi, who has been arrested for multi-million dollar fraud in Dubai.