Authorities say that a longtime security supervisor at a New Jersey airport has been arrested on a charge that he was using the identity of a New York City man who was murdered 20 years ago

Illegal immigrant Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole, 54, of Nigeria, was arrested at his home in Elizabeth. His co-workers knew him as Jerry Thomas, a man who was murdered in New York City in 1992, the same year Oyewole assumed his name when he started working at the airport. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says that Oyewole had worked at Newark Liberty International Airport for about 20 years and had passed background checks. Oyewole had all the documents he needed, including a birth certificate and a social security card. He had worked under several contractors at the airport, most recently FJC Security Services. FJC Security, which received an airport contract in 2003, said it conducted a background check on the guard as had New Jersey state police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In all cases, he passed the background checks. The suspect supervised over 30 security guards and was allowed access to secure areas. The arrest exposes a disastrous lapse in airport security. Nigeria is also the origin of the underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was convicted of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound jet on Christmas Day 2009. An investigation by the Port Authority Inspector General's office was reportedly sparked by an anonymous tip about Oyewole.