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'African Tribe Handmaiden' Released After Immigration Arrest in Scottish Woods
The Kingdom of Kubala tribe was evicted after a court battle; one member was released and the self-proclaimed King remains detained for immigration offences.
- UK Border Force officers arrested Ghanaian Kofi Offeh and American Kaura Taylor on suspicion of immigration offences during the eviction of three people from woods near Jedburgh on Thursday.
- The action followed a court dispute after the group, self-named the Kingdom of Kubala, occupied the private woodland since May claiming ancestral rights.
- Offeh, also known as King Atehene, Jean Gasho, and Taylor, described as a 'handmaiden', were all part of the trio removed from the camp, which was live-streamed on TikTok.
- Authorities released Taylor without charge after deciding 'no offence had been committed', while Offeh remains detained pending further action.
- The eviction and arrests mean the Kingdom of Kubala is barred from returning to the Jedburgh woodland, highlighting ongoing tensions around land claims and immigration status.
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'African Tribe Handmaiden' Released After Immigration Arrest In Scottish Woods - Great Yorkshire Radio
American national Kaura Taylor, 21, was one of three members of the “Kingdom of Kubala” who claimed they were reclaiming land stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago in Jedburgh, near the border with England. The group’s self-proclaimed King was former businessman and opera singer Kofi Offeh, and his partner Jean Gasho who called herself “The Queen of the North”. Taylor was reported missing from Texas in May this year before her family spotted…
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