- ., settlement or outright purchase and the stakeholders opted I I 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 . that they had not been paid homage. . ... . ... :--... , ., ....... 39. The Special Adviser, Mr. Theodore Georgewill, did an air . 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. - 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. .