I'm a us citizen my husband is british he's in jail in lagos nigeria, what should i do?

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Philip	Is your husband a moron? Why would he goto nigeria? Not the most stable of region is it? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Bont11	Divorce the loser, he'll only drag you down to his depraved level, marry a nice law-abiding citizen like me instead. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Astra	. . . I suppose divorce is out of the question? . . . Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Dan B	pray and see who you have to bribe in thatr god forsaken country Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Roxy	stick with american prisoners....plenty of them here...why do you have to outsource Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

abc	Oh dear. Yes, call the British consulate in Washington, who will then either tell you to call the consulate in Lagos, or they'll deal with it directly. If you didn't hear from them you need to wait (unless it's been like more than say 12 hours, in which case call them again). Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

richiesown	Start praying!. you've as much chance of god listening as the British consulate. you never said what he was arrested for?? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Rhinorm	Write to him, in his language. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Sky	call the embassy Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

PommyTom	Wow that sucks.... Get him out of there fast!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

nedcanifucant	Divorce the bstd!!! Seriously: He is British - go to the British Consulate, of course. Try visiting them on the Internet and leaving a brief account of what has happened and they will then (hopefully) contact you. I understand they ARE quite helpful when they can be. Details below (in "source"). For Christ' sake do NOT involve too many people swapping information etc. as has been suggested.Twice as many people do NOT do things twice as fast - it is 10 times slower if at ALL!!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

yvonne21	contact the British Embassy in Nigeria- There is a Deputy High Commission in Lagos itself e-mail at : consular.lagos@fco.gov.uk Website for British Embassies abroad is www.fco.gov.uk this contains all contact details Good luck, hopefully they can help. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

helo pilot cfi	the US consulate /embassy have nothing to do with a British citizen it up to the Brits to act keep in mind that any consulate will need time to get all the information from the country that arrested your hubby it maybe that consular officer has been already dispatched to ensure that its citizen received proper legal representation or suggest a local attorney at his expenses to represent him hope it was not drug related you on the other hand can contact your US senator and see what aid if any they will render to you Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

the_knower_of_all_knowledge	one word.....RAMBO Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

deadly	Nigeria. Pray. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Seeker?	Send him some soap on a rope. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

mehboobahmad	Visit him on tuesdays? You never said what he was in the slammer for anyway? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Oh No!!!!!!!	You should brush your teeth, comb your hair, wipe your **** and get yourself a new Criminal. All us Brits are all the same.. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

gsp100677	The best approach would be to contact both the US Embassy in Nigeria, and the British Embassy there. The embassies in the country of question are the ones that are best placed to deal with this. The British Embassy will obviously deal with the matter as best they can as they have an obligation to their citizens, and will deal with you as you're family, regardless of the fact that you're not a British citizen. The US Embassy may also take an interest as this is also affecting the family member of a US citizen (ie. you). You should also tell both embassies that you've contacted the other, & who you spoke to at each so they can contact each other to discuss the best approach between them. This way, if you're lucky (& the emphasis is on IF) you may get double the efforts applied to help you, rather than if you'd just approached one. Good luck, it sounds like a traumatic situation! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

joe b	Contact details & tel # for the British High Commission in Nigeria can be found at http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029395231&a=KOverseasMission&aid=1013618507295 Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No