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The Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), Niger Delta chapter, has demanded the immediate payment of $3.4billion fine from Shell for the Shell Bonga Oil Spill of December 20, 2011. A communiqué signed by Samuel Ayadi, coordinator of ARFAN Niger Delta and Chairman ARFAN, Akwa Ibom State, noted that the fines were upheld by the National Assembly and the Federal High Court in Lagos. The communiqué lamented that Shell's failure to comply had foisted great hardship on the fishermen on the coastal waters, leading to the untimely death of many of the members of the association.