by Kolapo Olapoju

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has held a press conference where he addressed issues related to the ongoing general elections.

From the Twitter handle of the INEC, we have collated 21 quotes Prof. Jega uttered during the presser:

“I can tell you certainly that the failure of card readers surprised us and it is probable that the POs were not trained”- Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“We are not under any pressure to declare inconclusive elections”- Jega #NigeriaDecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “Please be wary of declaration from people who are clearly partisan”- Jega #NigeriaDecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“We will declare results when it has been collated from the states”- Jega #NigeriaDecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “I don’t know where the PDP spokesman got his source but we have not collated results in 23 states”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“We believe we have done sufficient voter education to make invalidation of votes lower”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “It is true our INEC office in Rivers state was torched, we have informed police authorities”- Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “Some ad-hoc staff don’t show up for work due to several reasons, that is why we pay when the job is done and not before”- Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“If we find out that our staff are involved in any illegal acts, they will be investigated and penalised according to the law”- Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“This morning, I received a letter from @APCNigeria calling for elections cancellation in Rivers, we are thoroughly investigating this”-Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“After investigation, we will brief the political parties of our findings”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“We received reports of underage voting from Taraba and we have instructed that the PO involved be identified”- Jega pic.twitter.com/ked4HBVdWE

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“Underage voting is against the law, we are investigating reports and will take measures once this is established”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

“You start counting 48 hours when substantial amount of polling units have concluded elections”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “Only the INEC is empowered by law to announce results and it is an offence for anyone to preempt the Comm in this regard”- Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “According to the reports from our state offices, collation of results has commenced and it is going well”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “Investigations into what accounted for the difficulties with the Card Readers is ongoing”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER “It is also gratifying to note that the card readers worked well in the majority of the PUs”- Jega #Nigeriadecides

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER (1)”According to reports so far received from the states: 90 PUs in Lagos 16 PUs in Kebbi 25 PUs in Adamawa 6 PUs in Niger”-Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER (2)”According to reports so far received from the states: 37 PUs in Yobe 8 PUs in Borno 37 PUs in Jigawa 13 PUs in Kano”- Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015

#PRESSER (3)”According to reports so far received from the states: 116 PUs in Taraba State and 2 PUs in the FCT”- Jega

— INEC Alert (@INECAlert) March 29, 2015