The widow of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appealed a decision by a Malta court ordering Bank of Valletta to return to Libya over €96 million deposited by Gaddafi's late son Mutassim. Libya’s claims were opposed by Safia Farkash Gaddafi, the 69-year-old widow now living in Oman with sons Hannibal and Mohammad, and daughter Aisha. Oikonomopoulos insisted that Gaddafi’s Malta cash were his private funds and not government monies. “These funds were private funds, having nothing to do with the Libyan state.”Oikonomopoulos was assisted by lawyer Louis Cassar Pullicino. Lawyer Simon Micallef Stafrace was nominated by the courts to act as deputy curator on behalf of the unknown heirs of Muatassin Gaddafi.

Source: Libya Today July 24, 2022 06:48 UTC