"Militias are threatening and terrifying bank staff and are sometimes abducting their children and relatives to force them to go to work," said al-Kabir in a telephone interview.
The Central Bank of Libya, which controls billions of dollars in oil revenue, is at the centre of the latest political crisis to hit a country riven with conflict since the 2011 NATO-backed overthrow of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Al-Kabir told the FT that attempts by Dbeibah to replace him were illegal, and contravened United Nations negotiated accords on leadership appointments at the financial institutions.
According to the FT report, tensions between the two men were mounting. Al-Kabir had accused the prime minister of overspending and painting a misleadingly rosy' picture of the economy in his speeches.
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