Oyewole worked for security contractors Lance, Gateway, Hanes, and then FJC, where he was responsible for overseeing the work of 30 guards, the Port Authority told MyFoxNY. The agency investigated Oyewole’s true identity after receiving an anonymous tip.
A longtime New Jersey airport security supervisor — arrested on a charge of impersonating someone else to hide his illegal immigrant status — was carrying the identity of a victim in an unsolved murder case, authorities said.
Nigerian Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole was known by his co-workers as Jerry Thomas. He was arrested Monday at his home in Elizabeth.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says he had worked at Newark’s Liberty International Airport for about 20 years and had passed background checks. It says he used the name Jerry Thomas since 1992, the year Thomas was killed in New York City.
The Port Authority said Oyewole entered the United States illegally in 1989, and would then later work for security contractors Lance, Gateway, Hanes, and FJC, where he was responsible for overseeing the work of 30 guards.
An airport employee who was familiar with Oyewole as Thomas said the private security guards he supervised are responsible for manning TSA security checkpoints after passenger gates close for the evening and before they reopen in the morning. The guards also inspect delivery vehicles for possible unauthorized cargo, he said, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the matter.
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