54 year Nigerian man, Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole (pictured above), worked for 20 years as airport security supervisor at Newark Liberty International Airport, using the identity of a man murdered in 1992.
Oyewole lived as Jerry Thomas for twenty years until he was arrested yesterday May 14th at his home in Elizabeth after police discovered that the real Jerry Thomas was murdered in Queens, New York in 1992; the same year Olumuyiwa started using the name. He is yet to tell the cops how he acquired Jerry Thomas' personal information.
Oyewole was arrested yesterday after an anonymous tip to Port Authority police.
144 comments:
Haaaaa! impersonation of the highest order. Nigerians we are just capable of everything. good and bad
Shameful! He will rot in Jail.
Some peeps get mind sha...Living in disguise...am sure he knows it can be forever. Good for him
E yaa...sorry, u hear.Wahala.
Thats what greed can cause, Why im no come back sharperly after im hammer. 20 yrs, damn, the guy has guts
that's Nigerians for you.
If no be naija wey spoil, people for no see the need to try all this rubbish, but man must give him family the good life nah. So sad.
Hhmmm nigrians i trust them. They are capable of doing anything just for the money.
The anonymous 'snitch' must be another Nigerian; probably someone into the same fraudulent practice that he has offended. Ti e ba e!
Crime never pays. 20 solid years down the drain in a twinkle of an eye.
sizwe bansi is dead hehehe
He's not the only one livin such a lie. It's probably just to earn a living though but still he's gonna be punished by the law.
i pity him is it not because of all the hardship our Leaders have put us thru in this country that forced the guy?..hes not a murderer its his economic circumstances that drove him...
I JUST HOPE HE WASNT THE ONE WHO KILLED THE MAN HE IMPERSONATED SHA.GODISWATCHINGYOU OYEWOLE.
He culd ave comfortably return home afta 10yrs n estblishd himself but for greed...... What a shame!
Its bad but notting new.half of nigerians working and living abroad do so under false names.its not a new gist.when they get in and don't have proper security and background to get certain jobs,they go out and buy another persons identity to secure jobs.its just a way to survive.there are pple whose job it is to steal identities and sell to people looking for jobs.and the truth is that it doesn't come cheap.most times its a continual payment Till death do them part and in the case of our man here till jail do them part...SAD tho...
poor guy. he just wanted a better living. This 9ja can frustrate shaaaa KAI
SEE HOW HE RESEMBLES IBORI..MTSHEEWWW.. GOOD FOR HIM.
Anonymous Tip huh! I wonder whose toes he stepped on. Wouldn't be surprised that he was ratted out by a fellow Nigerian.
this crime of a thing, is it our birth right? Nigerians are the most feared people all over the world when it comes to crime
These are the kind of people that rub the Nigerian name in the mud overseas. He should do his time as deserved.
"anonymous tip".... chai!!!! na wa for enemies within. poor guy..cant blame him much, at least he was making an honest living out of it. i just hope he is not connected to Jerry Thomas' murder sha..
Some pple wey still dey do am now...no go stop o...lolz
If u check am now, na person wey dey close to am give police the tip off!
Fast guy no be theif oo abi.......
Hope he has no hand in the murder... Sad to say but a lot of our diaspora people live like this... Wondering who he would have offended to the extent that the person sold him out. I bet it's a case of love gone sour...
anyone that blames this man is a foul because this man simply trying to make a living for himself and his family and we should blame his country nigeria that fail him,if nigeria was good what will he be doing in USA with a false name.
Greed! Greed! Greed! Everyday is for d thief but just one day is for d owner of d hse... See ur life now... Dts why if u dey oyibo country, be careful, cos they wld definitely follow thns to a logical conclusion...
chai sorry for bimbo....dats sad sha. just to make ends meet....hmmm
Nigeria we hail thee
good for him, he wanted to play smart, but smart played him...... Lol
U guys should read d novel "SWIZE BANSE IS DEAD" and free that actor...
after dem go tall say na igbo ppl dey tk crime spoil 9ja name...guess his name speaks tonnes!
Yoruba men wit their wahala....huh
Nija for sho na by force se make u live abroad!!!!!
Ewoooo 20yrs?
am nt sorry 4 the man at all , just the wife nd kids it,s well
*strolls off* his family nko?
sincerely this sounds unbelievable for 20 good years if na najai if fit do am for eternity
Are you freaking kidding me? I no fit shout..
You can never escape from Nemesis. Kai! I'm laughing here. 20 whole years! I bet he thought he'd never have been caught
e no bi yorubaooo
he is one of the nigerian ghost workers that escaped from civil service.
20 good years? Wow! Just wow
Naijaaa...we keep denting our image anywhere we go!...ur cup don full shaa..Pele
Someone who knows him must have inform the cops.... AMIBOO
Abeg, forget story. Some of you talking here will do worse if you had the same opportunity. I bet you have relatives who are in the USA illegally - or who were at some point. America is a country full of illegal immigrants, and constitutionally they aware of this. They dont even bother chasing illegal immigrants. That is why getting the visa in the first place is so difficult. He only disguised as someone who is dead for crying out loud! He did not kill the person he was impersonating. Abi. Please there are worse things than only trying to make yourself comfortable while not hurting anyone. I am not saying what he did is right, but please stop acting as if he assasinated the president of the USA!
Well, Anything Dat Has A beginning must surely come 2 an End. Am really sorry he got caught though.. He was just trying 2 make ends meet. Its nt easy out there.
Eyaa, nothing last for long mahn
O boy, the guy don chop well well for the past 20years, he was too greedy sha now he will face the music of answering a murder charge as well as impersonation
Dat took alot of guts! He has alot of xplanations 2 do
sometin like this happened here in Nigeria, where someone worked wit anoda's credentials,the offender paid a fine of ten thousand,but i know outside there will be different
Why all the insult, If he did not murder the owner of that name,Then he just trying to make ends meet. I am certain he has his own family i.e wife and kids. Hopefully he has not used that name to commit any crime and was only using it to work to take crae of his family. Most poeple that comment on this blog will do the same, they will even use it to get massive loan from the bank and scuttle back to nigeria to live large. Think about all this 419er that dupes elderly citizens just so they can live large. I repeat if he has not committed any (further crime, knowing that obtaining and using the name is a crime) may God almighty deliver him from this problem.
The Anonymous that tipped the police is probably one of his close friends that he annoyed. LOL
Have you read Siwe bansi is dead? Same thing that happened in the drama...
YORUBA PEOPLE!.....hian!
Whoever snitched on him is evil sha. Probably another nigerian he did wrong gave the police a tip off. Smh o ga ju. Oga gidi is waiting for you!
he is a goat..oloshi buruku....lata people will have issues to travel....haba kilode??
disgusting
Fool, come back Naija settle.Greedy Yoruba man.
Oga just ready to bend down pick soap....U be fresh meat...Hahaha
What was he thinking? Yorubas just full every where dey commit havoc by d day.. Am sure the annonymous reporter is an insider, a fellow yoruba.. No insults here cos i be yoruba..ciao
God will save us ooo...Nigeria has got a bad reputation outside.
www.9janewsmag.com
Exactely greed dey worry am.
at least he was working......... so they shld free him n just deport him
If only Nigeria was not the cesspit it is...it's citizens won't need to assume or fake nationalities just to exist or survive in harsh foreign climes..and Nigerians have become so docile that a few in power continue to swindle them on daily basis..Great Nations...Great Fools!
If only Nigeria was not the cesspit it is...it's citizens won't need to assume or fake nationalities just to exist or survive in harsh foreign climes..and Nigerians have become so docile that a few in power continue to swindle them on daily basis..Great Nations...Great Fools!
Men are wicked. Hey Americans deals with that murderer. He knows about the Death of Thomas... See whale men u chop shit and die weller. still na 9ja dey run am..
Hope he isn't found guilty for the death of the murdered man this one he has access to the dead mans papers and ID
Identity theft! That shit is getting rampant!
I hope he isn't found guilty for the death of the murdered man
Curious questions emanating from this post.
1. How and who killed Jerry Thomas? Bimbo Olumuyiwa?(Bimbo should know or have a strong idea)
2. Who snitched to the police? (definitely someone Bimbo trusts)
3. Wasn't the employers of Bimbo Olumuyiwa aka Jerry Thomas slack in their background check (after all na Security department the guy dey work)?
In anycase it takes guts to do what Bimbo's done and it takes a Nigerian most times to do stuff like this unfortunately.
The pity is that foreign press or tabloids will highlight negative aspects of our people and forget the mention of worthy Nigerians in the diaspora making giant strides. I hope he gets punished adequately if found guilty.
Anonymous tip indeed!!..you sure there isn't an aggrieved ex-GF or ex-wife somewhere...But the guy get liver sha!!...
haaa..wahala don shele,,,na only baba God go 9ja people,4 their grediness..
haaa..wahala don shele,,,na only baba God go 9ja people,4 their grediness..
no be the guy fault na racism to get work after all the otherman don die go nawa ooo nutin impossible wey naija no fit do igbo and yoruba 419 hausa boko haram nawaoo wetin concern (omo-iwo)
Dat's why dey keep insulting Nigerians always . Long hisssssssss *
Na no job cause am. If he dey naija ds one for no happen.
anonymous phone call to the authorities,hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, i smell a rat, guess d guy don offend him wife or friends, so they decided to give him out. e dey happen sha, wish the guy luck in his ordeal. but 9ja people with anonymous phone calls, God dey o!
Shamfull......
Serious matter
Wow I have mixed feelings about this.. For him to have reached "supervisory" position in an oyibo dominated and typically political appointed/hiring position, then he must have really proved himself as a good and diligent worker but he didnt have papers so why did he not just come back to naija instead of impersonating to live in the land. If he had his own papers wouldnt he be working with his own name...This is just terrible. They will fry his behind!
For 20 good year, hmmmm nawaooooo 9ja
It is called ori olori.plenty people do it well even people u might know so dnt get it twisted
who was the alakoba tipster. The man has not committed any crime in the last 20 years. He only wanted to work.
He should have married an Oyinbo wife.
Everyone is quick to cast and bind the guy. U do not know his reason. In America a lot of Nigerians are desperate to have papers and will do anything to start working to help the families. A lot of Hispanics do it too... You just gotta be smart about it. If the identity of the man he's using was from New York... Then Newjersey is too close for him to live. He shudda moved far far away. And also not work in a state owned facility. I'm even sure the person that gave him that identity is an American doing mago mago for immigrants. Now I know this is illegal and some of u casting don't care about his story but pls take it easy. He's someone's father
Lmaoo! Sizwe bansi Is dead part 2
U dnt noe wot happened... Find out bfr u condemn
Awww... But sha the man for move to another part of the country na? New York is too close to Jersey City. A lot of immigrants buy identity of dead people but u gotta be smart and not get caught. Besides the airport is state owned and an opened place ni!!! I guess he'd think that after twenty years no one cared anymore. People this things happen. You don't no how that ur "uncle" in America sending u money suffered to get his papers or a job. So pls reduce the insults and take a \___
So bad
What do u mean by that thrash? Berra shutup and stop generalising.
This man have to survive.Most Nigerians who have the correct papers in foreign countries are wicked and on most occasion not accomodating. Thats why this man has been using the details of a dead man for two decades.
But dis Man gather weight chop liver oo!!Too shameful :(
@ Bishop Xerxer do you honestly think "im hammer" anything? I bet all along he was settling someone to keep quite about his real identity. When he did not settle again or enough, the security agents were tipped off.
20 years would have given him the time to acquire his own Green Card if he had regularized his entry.
20 years of living a lie just to reside in America. He must have gotten to the US at 34years of age (prime of his life).
Moral of this: it is not a do or die affair... 99 days for the thief, one day for the owner...
His family and friends will now know that "im paper no complete for America".
What a shame... ANOTHER DENT ON OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS.
Oliver twist...Y uno take of after even 10 yrs of making dough...
Am sure na one fellow Naija man blow whistle...
Learnin Point- nothing is secret unless its known by only u. Gbam!
YORUBA!
lots of them in Atlanta...i don't want to name names just yet but they need to start popping these folks
But he did the job well? Is the problem incompetence? These oyibos na wacko o..
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This is what happens when someone comes in an overstays their welcome or is an illegal immigrant in the US. I wonder if he has a wife and kids. *sigh*
Word to other Nigerians, it is not as easy or sweet as it sounds. Try to do the right thing. And those that are doing the right thing, keep your head up.
nigerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr na wa ooooooo what a shame.
Well unfortunately this is the story of many many Nigerians who come abroad in search of a better life. They have to impersonate to make a living while they hustle for their documentations. The diff is it is usually with the consent of the real person. The bigger question here is did he Kill the real Jerry. that in my mind will be the big unforgivable crime.
Na wah ooh,Nigeria for life
@bishop..d dude was living in yankee..y wuld he wanna come back to naija where nuffin works
20 long years! what on earth was he waiting for? Jail term? Very greedy. Good for him.
9ja guyz 2 much sha. 20 gud yrs, haba
i bet he is an RCCG or MFM member, praying against death everyday
Akoba Adaba, olorun maje a ri...dats wat happens wen dey scam dere and refuse to come home,dey 4get deir naija sense!he was long overdue 4 d arrest!..20years! Kilode! See as him fat,feel sorry for his family tho...
I betchu one of his close friends snitched. Dats life! Don't EVER tell anyone ur secret.
Trust me this is nothing. Here in England there are thousands of Nigerians and Africans that have been using other people details to work and even buy hundreds of properties. A lot of them (are in their 40s, 50s, 60s, etc) did it cos they weren't born here, their visas had expired or they entered uk illegally. I'm not against it as long as they're only using the fake/assumed identity to earn a living. There was a time here when some Naija people use to obtain bc of dead black people and use the fake birth certificate and obtain one year uk passport, NI, driving licence, bank accounts, mortgage, utility bills, then use all the IDs to obtain British passport. Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, Lebanese, Ghanaians, Russians, rumanians, etc, all did. But all that loopholes are closed. The man in the pic was caught cos someone grassed on him, and if he'd been working at a uk airport, he'd have been found out even without anyone grassing on him. He should have done a change of name on the fake ID, then keep his mouth shut so no one blackmail him and he should have walked away from his past - a new life / forget everyone he used to know, etc. His mouth brought calamity on him. He'd probably be deported and banned from entering the US, but it was in England, as long as he didn't kill anyone or fraudulently use the assumed name, through a streetwise solicitor, he'd be allowed to regularise on his real name and would be entitle to UK passport within 12 months of been allow to remain in the UK - because of the length of his continuous presence in the UK, especially if he's been here for over 10 or 14 years, etc. **** If u need to know more on UK Immigration - entry / or to regularise yourself, read the latest issue of "Statement of Change in Immigration Rules" ****
In conclusion, as long as Mr Oyewole did not kill or know or have a hand in the death of the dead man whose ID he impersonated, I don't feel Mr Oyewole did anything wrong. He wasn't born in the US, he probably was unable to regularise himself and he did what he had to do to survive. Older Naija people in UK, US and Europe had a hard time extending their visas when they left Nigeria in the 70s and 80s. Things are much easier now because many Naijas are born in UK, US, Europe, etc, marriage is easier, there less hostile & anti-black immigration rules, better economic climate, etc.
Na hustle. He's most probably not a bad person.
How is HE GREEDY? not saying what he did was right...but he was working in an average job....for 20 years....i am sure it is another Nigerian that tipped the police....God forgive us all...
He was probably bought the ID because he was desperate. Not the right thing to do but the naija person that tipped off the authorities dem get issue sha.
this man unfortunately has not really done anything too too wrong. I know working as another person is bad but it seems he did it just to get ahead in life. Probably one of those who came to yankee on visitors visa, overstayed and then had to look for other means to stay and make a living. Just too bad
My tots exactly, if he has been paying tax and has not defrauded the system den he needs to get a good lawyer
If he doesn't know anything about d Man's death,I don't think he did anything wrong, then again it is America and he would go down for it. He should have married a citizen and regularise his real i.d....I feel for him....
@Ahmed, I agree with u .....
I quite agree with you!!
One thing is certain...he was a gud worker for him to have served them for 20 years without being fired! Na anoda monkey nigerian fool tip them off. before many of U̶̲̥̅̊ judge as usual...answer this question for me.....with naija situation, if U̶̲̥̅̊ were in his shoes, won't U̶̲̥̅̊ do same?
this reminds me of Athol Fugard's play SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD...wow so it happens? Unlucky him
yoruba people!! hian!
Not smart..could have moved countries..or made enough to come back home..but laziness no gree..hope he studied sha..anyway in yankee prison u fit get PHd!!
Loooool...Robert Zwelinzima iz alive.
I see some people commenting and criticising the poor man. I am sure most of you would do anything to travel out of Nigeria and will sure do worse things to earn a living. Let's be clear on this, he's not stealing or engaged in fraud like most of our young people who travel abroad solely for this purpose. I beg leave the poor man alone. He's someone's father,brother and uncle who is responsible for a number of people in his family. For those of u that live abroad and have the right paper to work and live as a citizen, be grateful and don't look down on the less privileged.
remember let him witout sin cast the first stone , a lot of people barkin here steal money at work or commit one form of crime or the other , so why all d noise my naija people. alot of them shoutin here wants to run leave this country o
Excuse any grammatical and spelling errors.
I really like reading the comments on this blog but somethimes i think the world especially nigerians have gone crazy with some of their comments.
Was it stated anywhere that this man killed someone? NO.
Did he steal? NO
Did he rob anyone at gunpoint? NO
Has murdered any children? No
I`l tell you what it said.
A man desiring to work left a country where he couldnt find work and went looking for grenner pastures. The only way he could achieve that was by paying to use someones papers for work. He had dilgilently been working paying taxes for the past 20 years. contributing to the economy and feeding his family at the same time withot resorting to stealing.
You better no judge lest you get judged.
Those of you abusing him - that your Aunty that bought your wedding dress for you and that your uncle that your father phones every time rent can't be made could be doing the same thing.
If Nigeria wasn't such a bad place, why would people be checking out in droves?
Your presido eats Gucci rice, you eat Ofada rice and you can't even respect this man's hustle. Unless he was party to the real Jerry's death, then he has committed no sin in my eyes. He committed an offense according to the law of the land. Not morally. There's a diff - mind you what is legal in a country might be amoral.
All these mumu igbo people crying yoruba people yoruba people here, is it because Linda no dey post the shameful stories of your criminal brothers? Yeye dey smell bad bad....idiots... you need to see the way igbos frustrate the Chinese and malaysians with their crimes such that they are forced to KILL them. That's why you only hear that those people traveled and no news from them again. Even in SA...when some Nigerians were executed for crimes (google it) 86% of them were igbos. Ghana nko or local benin rep there....so many other places. Yet una dey make noise. At least this man was trying to work honestly. Just that he didn't have papers. He wasn't there trying to swindle people of their money. so you fools berra shut up before Amadioha stone you with broken mirror in your yeye sleep.
Are you stupid???
Settle where?? What's making him greedy?? So you think it's easy for someone who has been abroad for like 10 yrs to come back to Nigeria and settle down?? Country where nothing works?? Abeg u, think before typing....Nigerians sef, we can make stupid statements ... I never see.. Kai!!
e was ther 4 20yrs!!! wonder who gav d tip to the police?...all of them including the tipper are criminals!!!
i pity the poor man, i'm sure he just bought it off the streets and has no idea how the real man died..
problem is ; how"s he gonna prove it?
this is that an anon ratted him out,hmmm, must be a trusted person, prolly a woman scorned....maybe his wife, cos with that kinda info, you can easily ruin a man and if he left her, she would definitely want to destroy him.....poor man!
Alakoba! Who asked u?
If you are a nigerian and you pointing accusing finger to another tribe, what about your own? ozuor!
some comments here just don't deserve
to be responded to....this man should be given kudos...he worked for 20years and kept his assumed identity clean...how many people keep their own identity in good standing..credit and all?...this man did well please. He did not steal like many nigerians do abroad and neither did he kill anyone to make money.
Thank you.l bleam it all on our leader , is Nigeria not rich enough? that we all are runing to another country.
Pls what name will his wife and kids go by, assuming he has a family?
If him close friend didn't tip the police about it or his coworker.The US police or immigra too might know what's going on but they will kept quite as if that they didn't know that he is using dead person identity. US immigra and the police they knew every legal and illegal immigrants in the states they and people who used someone else ID. If he didn't know anything about James Thomas murdered only impersonating. and he didn't committed and crimes if God is with him and his family prayers on him. He might only be deported or just served months in the jail and deported him. or God can favored him with his family prayers. I pray God will helped him out.
Na wa poor man ,I guess he ws just tryng to earn a livng,anybody wuld do dat forget all d negative comments here,put urselves in his shoes,I'm almost very sure he bought d dead man's ID...Niger na tough place oo forget story,I just hope sey no be d man kill d murdered man...lesson for all here be sey:money is not everything, try n live a good life devoid of any form of corruption God is still able to do all things!money doesn't have to come in an ill gotten way!
Na wa poor man ,I guess he ws just tryng to earn a livng,anybody wuld do dat forget all d negative comments here,put urselves in his shoes,I'm almost very sure he bought d dead man's ID...Niger na tough place oo forget story,I just hope sey no be d man kill d murdered man...lesson for all here be sey:money is not everything, try n live a good life devoid of any form of corruption God is still able to do all things!money doesn't have to come in an ill gotten way!
i no blame d man too much nah our greedy leader wey spoil our country so te nothing dey work here: no electricity, no good roads, no medicine for hospitals, no security, no jobs for even graduates, schools always on strike, double tax, no shelter for people etc otherwise wetin people go dey find go outside all the time
In UK..over stayers were given an ultimatum..submit yourself and get nationality..sure US must have a similar scheme especially with his work record/rate..
And yes to u @Anon..jive talking.. he should have been been smart..okay say 9ja is not an option..what about moving to other countries..he was probs scared of US Customs/Passport Control..hence got stuck..
And I'm sure some 9ja rat..outed him..very wicked people..Lesson..if u no get papers avoid 9jas Abroad..
Are u sure dt he did not know what happened 2 dt Mr Thomas. I belief dt, is not his friends or his coworkers dt reported him 2 d police.is just dt d dead fight 4 himself.
you people are all very stupid. look the wey naija people don suffer that makes them to take such extremes. he definitely did not murder the man, just to put food on the table, he lived a secret life for 20 years. pray for nigeria, and nigerians who suffer everywhere
this impersonation was to get a means of livelihood just a security.......he could decide to be a robber, kidnapper, rapistor and internet theif---- i'm sure thomas will be happy someone lived his life well!
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