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settlement or outright purchase and the stakeholders opted
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for outright purchase.
36. The Special Adviser then sent independent established
Surveyors and Valuers to ascertain the number of structures
at Bundu, to take census of its population, and calculate the
value of the properties.
37. The Special Adviser with the surveyors visited 23 out of
the 41 waterfronts in Rivers State, without any hindrance,
successfully on the 6th day of October, 2009.
38. Having the same intention, they visited Bundu, but were
harassed and beaten up by some hoodlums, who claimed
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that they had not been paid homage.
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39. The Special Adviser, Mr. Theodore Georgewill, did an air
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broadcast to solicit for their understanding and to reassure
them that what was being done was for the benefit of the
owners of the squatter settlements and the government.
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40. On the 12th of October, 2009, he went back to Bundu with
another group of surveyors, as the first group of surveyors
refused to go back due to the beatings.
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