WATCH: Has the 'Kingdom of Kubala' returned to Jedburgh?
Last updated 27th May 2026
Two members of a self-styled African tribe evicted from woods on the edge of Jedburgh claim they have returned to the town.
In a social media post, one of the so-called Kingdom of Kubala appears to taunt a local councillor who backed calls for their removal.
The post prompted followers to gather near Oxnam Road Industrial Estate this afternoon (Wednesday) - although the former campsite remains empty.
The original trio had said they were reclaiming land stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago.
Leader Kofi Offeh, the self-proclaimed King Atehene, was deported from the UK last month, the Home Office confirmed.
But his wife Jean Gasho, who calls herself Queen Nandi, and Kaura Taylor, who calls herself Asnat the handmaiden, shared a post with their 98,000 followers on TikTok last night - saying they were back in Mambaza Woods.
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Scottish Borders Council initially evicted the trio from a hillside site above Jedburgh last July.
But rather than leave the area, they moved about a mile further out of town to a woodland next to an industrial estate.
The owners of the land, David and Mary Palmer, successfully applied for the tribe to be evicted in September - but they failed to comply with the order.
When they were moved from their makeshift encampment by sheriff officers later that month, they set up a new camp a few metres away.
It was on the other side of a wire fence, and on land owned by Scottish Borders Council.
They were finally removed from their camp last October during an early morning operation involving police, immigration officers and sheriff officers.
Speaking at the time, Scottish Borders Council's deputy leader, Jedburgh and District councillor Scott Hamilton, said they had to go.
"This, quite frankly, was ludicrous," he said. "It broke laws, it broke the rules and, as landowners, we took action, as well as private landowners, to ensure this action today.
"We had adult protective services in there, we had the police in there, they would never engage. So we never knew what their next move was going to be. All they wanted was publicity, media, and to spread their hate message."
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