He was said to have been conferred with the 1st Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership Award 2018, according to a now-deleted tweet by the State House.
Update 29 March 2018: The Martin Luther King Center has denied the conferment of the said honour. Writing on its Twitter page, the Center says:
-The King Center (@TheKingCenter) 2:08 PM – 28 Mar 2018
See some of the pictures purportedly from the occasion as shared by the State House:
