NDUKWE-ANYANWU JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This A is an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, delivered on 31March 2014. Being dissatisfied, the appellant filed a notice and three grounds of appeal. The appellant filed its appellant’s brief on 17 June 2014, and articulated two issues for determination. They are as follows:
Whether the court below has jurisdiction or judicial powers to extend the statutory limitation period of 3 months prescribed by section 29(1) (a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (ACA) (Distilled from ground 1 ) Assuming without conceding that the court below can extend the limitation period of 3 months prescribed by section 29(1 ) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, whether the learned trial judge correctly exercised the discretion to extend time (Distilled from grounds 2 and 3). The appellant also filed on 8 August 2014, an appellant’s reply brief.
In response, the respondent filed its brief on 23 July 2014 and a…