Scottish officials have evicted a self-styled “African tribe” from the site they moved to after they were removed from their previous camp. The self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala was evicted from privately-owned land near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders by five sheriff officers recently.
However, the group moved over a small fence and set up a new camp. According to Jedburgh councillor Scott Hamilton, the group’s new site is on land the council owns; hence, the council started moves to have it evicted.
Selkirk Sheriff Court ruled on Wednesday that the group would not be able to return to the original plot of land they were evicted from.
Officers from Immigration Enforcement and Police Scotland subsequently went to the site on Thursday to have them evicted, Sky News reported.
The report said two people were arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.
The three members of the so-called Kubala kingdom are Ghanaian Kofi Offeh, 36, who calls himself King Atehene; his wife Jean Gasho, 43, from Zimbabwe, who is also known as Queen Nandi; and “handmaiden” Kaura Taylor, from Texas, who calls herself Asnat.
The three have said they are reclaiming land that was stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago.
Councillor Scott Hamilton said Thursday that the group’s site in the forest was being cleared. Offeh and Asnat were arrested while Gasho “left with her head covered, lying low in the back of a pick-up truck,” according to the BBC.
Hamilton told Sky News: “So, this group obviously arrived in Jedburgh a number of months ago. They set up camp here.
“They were originally on Scottish Borders Council land, and they set up camp and claimed they were a Kingdom of Kubala. And this, quite frankly, was ludicrous.
“It broke laws. It broke the rules. And as landowners we took action, as well as private landowners, to ensure this outcome today.”
He said one “could never guess” the group’s next move, as the three have declined to engage with the council, Police Scotland and adult protective services.
“All they wanted was publicity,” Hamilton added.
