Gbenga, a charming and celebrated entrepreneur who runs a tech company, is the defendant in a lawsuit filed by Dara (Adesua Etomi), a computer engineer whose talents helped Gbenga's company achieve its current worth. Their torrid two-year love affair ended bitterly when Gbenga learned that his wife was pregnant with their first child, and Dara quit the company. Her lawsuit seeks compensation, but she is also trying to get Gbenga to admit to assaulting her after the breakup.

The Arbitration tackles contemporary Nigeria with gusto. And although the film is set in Lagos, the sad truth is that its central concept — of a high-profile sexual assault case in which the woman is painted as a jilted ex-lover — resonates in cities the world over.