The King and handmaiden of the self-styled Kubala tribe have been detained during a morning raid of their camp in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. Kofi Offeh, 36, and Kaura Taylor, 21, were apprehended by the authorities in a raid of their makeshift camp just after 8am on Thursday (October 2).
The group had been living in woods near the Scottish town since May. They were served with an eviction notice last month as they were on private land. Kofi’s wife, Jean Gasho, posted live-streamed video of members of the group being led away by sheriff, police and immigration officers.
After the eviction notice, the group moved their campsite over a fence to a neighbouring plot of land owned by the local council.
Sheriff Peter Paterson ruled on Wednesday at Selkirk Sheriff Court that the group would not be able to return to the original plot of land they were evicted from.
The court last week granted an order banning them from council-owned land, including the area they had been living in.
Members of the group had made a bizarre claim that the land was rightfully theirs and they were reclaiming what had been taken from their ancestors 400 years ago.
Taylor, who goes by the name Asnat, had fled her home in Texas for a new life with the group. Gasho, 43, called herself Queen Nandi.
Police Scotland has been approached for comment.
