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There is simmering tension within the camp of one of the country's leading political parties, the Convention People’s Party (CPP).

The CPP's Acting General Secretary, James Kwabena Bomfeh has accused the Chairman of the party's Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Bright Akwetey of masterminding what he describes as a “coup d'état” within the party.

In February this year, Bright Akwetey and Mr Yaw Asamoah, another member of the CPP, dragged the party, its Acting National Chairman and James Kwabena Bomfeh to court to stop the two officers of the party from proceeding to organise National Congress and National Delegates Congress.

They also prayed the court to declare the party's Central Committee constituted by the two national officers as an illegal entity not recognized by the constitution of the party.

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Mariama Sammo, on Saturday, April 30, 2020, granted the application and restrained the Acting National Chairman and Acting General Secretary or any of their assigns from holding the National Congress and National Delegates Congress of the party.

But speaking to host kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'' on Monday, James Kwabena Bomfeh, also called Kabilla, accused Bright Akwetey who is also a former CPP flag bearer aspirant of contravening the court's orders.

He revealed that Mr. Akwetey and Yaw Asamoah together with two other members held an ''illegal'' meeting last Friday to seemingly plot and overthrow the leadership of the party.

Accoridng to Kabilla, Mr. Akwetey is living under a wrong impression that the party's Acting National Chairperson, Hajia Hamdatu Ibrahim Haruna, is not performing her duties effectively and so needs to abdicate.

He further accused them of acting on the blind side of the party to convene a Central Committee meeting to discuss matters relating to the party’s National Congress, in complete disregard of the court injunction which Mr. Akwetey, himself, secured against the party.

''It's a coup d'état by Bright Akwetey, Yaw Asamoah, Frimponmaa Sarpong Kumakuma and Joe Agyapong...What they're doing is unlawful'', he exclaimed.