Kate Henshaw caught up in row over xenophobia

Kate Henshaw

Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, has been caught up in a row with certain Twitter users after making a comment in the midst of the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

The 48-year-old star said this in a tweet on Tuesday.

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“We are responsible for how people treat us,” she wrote.

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It is unclear the meaning of her tweet.

It has however led to attacks against Kate Henshaw.

Nigerians celebrities like Olamide, Yemi Alade, Adesua Etomi, Funke Akindele have condemned the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians.

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President of the Nigeria Union South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, had said that recent attacks began on Sunday morning in Jeppestown area of Johannesburg.

Mr Olubajo said in a statement on Monday that the mob “looted several shops that were around the vicinity suspected to be owned by foreign nationals.”

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has vowed to take measures over the ‘mindless’ attack on Nigerians in South Africa.

In a tweet on Monday, Onyeama assured that ‘definitive measures’ would be taken to prevent future occurrences.