‘African tribe’ evicted from Jedburgh wood

A unique “African tribe” has been evacuated from the territory of private property in the Scottish borders-to establish a new camp, a few meters away.

Five sheriff officers entered the makeshift camp in Woodland near Jedburgh at 08:00, and three members of the Kubala group were still sleeping.

He collected the group items and moved the short distance to a new site on the other side of a wire fence.

“Tribal” has been living in wood for several weeks despite official attempts to remove them from the soil.

The eviction order was released last week by Şerif Peter Paterson after the group ignored a previous instruction to leave the camps.

400 years ago, they said they had taken back the land stolen from their ancestors – but the local council laws said they were violated.

The group attracted the attention of the media with more than 100,000 followers on Tiktok and Facebook.

36 -year -old Ganalı Kofi Offeh and 42 -year -old Jean Gasho from Zimbabve, originally arrived in Jedburgh in the spring.

They described themselves as King Alehehe and Queen Nandi, camp on a slope above the town on the Scottish borders.

Kaura Taylor “Handmaiden” from Texas, who gave him the name of Asnat, joined.

The evacuation was carried out on Tuesday morning by Şerif officers supported by four police officers.

Shouting could be heard from the forest while waking them.

The authorities remained in place for about 90 minutes, while the tents of the tribe were removed and the goods were packaged.

The group then set up a new camp on the other side of a wire fence.

They wouldn’t comment directly when BBC asked Scotland what happened.

The group claimed the rights of the ancestors of the land and insisted on the birth of the Kubala Kingdom.

The Scottish Borders Council initially evacuated the trio from the slope area on Jedburgh in July.

However, instead of leaving the region, they moved to a forest next to an industrial zone, about one mile more out of the city.

Mr. Offeh said he was not “afraid” from the evacuation order before.

David and Mary Palmer, the owners of the land, successfully applied to the courts to evacuate the tribe.

However, the Scottish Borders Council said they did not comply with the order of leaving the land until 17:00 on Monday.

Jedburgh Assembly Member Scott Hamilton said last week that the group resided on the land of another group and violated the law.

He said the landowner had “no option” to get an order from the sheriff.

Mr. Hamilton, Deputy leader of the Council, said that the group disappointed that leaving the site ignored the ultimatum – but it was not surprising.

“They rejected every opportunity to interact with us,” he said.

“We can help them, but we will not let them lean back and break the law.”