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A senior police officer says he understands frustration around a self-styled “African tribe” camping in the Scottish Borders , but urged people not to take the law into their own hands. ‌

Police have also received a report in relation to an incident on Wednesday night, where the group says someone threw stones at them. ‌

The so-called Kingdom of Kubala was ordered by a court to vacate the land on the outskirts of Jedburgh by midday on Monday, but so far they have not moved. They responded to a previous eviction by simply setting up a new camp a few metres away . ‌

The trio – which has a sizeable presence on social media – is made up of leader Kofi Offeh, 36, the self-proclaimed King Atehene, his wife Jean Gasho, 43, who calls herself Queen Nandi, and “handmai

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