MEMBERS belonging to an African tribe living in woodlands in the Scottish Borders have been evicted by police and immigration enforcement officials, according to reports.
Kofi Offeh from Ghana and Jean Gasho from Zimbabwe have been living in tents and documenting their lives on social media on land near Jedburgh since May.
The pair, along with Asnat, who has emerged to be Kaura Taylor, a missing woman from Texas, United States, settled in the forest and established the so-called Kingdom of Kubala, with the intention of reclaiming land they claim was stolen from their ancestors in the Highlands 400 years ago.
However, the trio reportedly live streamed their eviction from the forest on TikTok on Thursday morning.
Police and immigration enforcement officials moved into the camp at around 8am and detained the members of the group, according to BBC News.
The eviction comes after Sheriff Peter Paterson, Selkirk Sheriff Court, ruled that the trio would not be able to return to the original plot of land they were previously evicted from on Wednesday.
The trio were served with an eviction notice last month as they were on private land.
They then moved their campsite over a fence to a neighbouring plot of land owned by the council.
Last week, the court also granted an order banning them from council-owned land, including the area they are currently residing in.
The group appeared unfazed by the latest court rulings, as on Wednesday they continued to reside in the patch of land they have claimed.
Taylor's mother, Melba Whitehead, told Sky News during her first on-camera interview that her daughter had been "totally brainwashed" by Offeh and Gasho and called Kubala a "cult".
Whitehead said they took advantage of the fact her daughter was "angry" and "penniless" in order to lure her from Texas and said she doesn't "know why Scotland is allowing this foolishness", urging authorities to send Taylor back to the US.
