Section 572: Definition of inability to pay debts.

A company is deemed to be unable to pay its debts if—(a) a creditor, by assignment or otherwise, to whom the company is indebted in a sum exceeding N200,000, then due, has served on the company by leaving it at its registered office or head office, a demand under his hand requiring the company to pay the sum due, and the company has for three weeks thereafter neglected to pay the sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of the creditor
(b) execution or other process issued on a judgment, act or order of any Court in favour of a creditor of the company is returned unsatisfied in whole or in part; or
(c) the Court, after taking into account any contingent or prospective liability of the company, is satisfied that the company is unable to pay its debts.