The president has also warned those campaigning for him to extend his term to stay away from such a dangerous path, saying he will uphold the constitution he swore to uphold.

This comes after he expressed his support for efforts to increase the role of technology in the country’s elections.

His support for increasing the role of technology in elections came as many Nigerians called for electronic transmission of results to make the process more credible.

INEC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, has told the National Assembly and Nigerians that it can electronically transmit election results.

“I swore by the Holy Qur’an that I will serve by the constitution and leave when my time is up,” the president said in a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. There will be no “Tazarce” this time (tenure extension). I don’t want anyone to start advocating for an unconstitutional extension of time. That is not acceptable to me.”

According to the statement, President Buhari made the vow at a meeting in Makkah with a select group of Nigerians resident in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he just ended a visit.

The statement further said that the president “tacitly expressed support to efforts to increase the role of technology in the nation’s elections, arguing that the introduction of the card reader and electronic register was God’s answer to his prayers, having been cheated of his victory in three previous elections.”

The president said: “After the third so-called defeat, I said, ‘God Dey.’ My opponents laughed at me, but God answered my prayers by bringing in technology. At that point, nobody can steal their votes or buy them.”

President Buhari, who ended his visit to Saudi Arabia with the Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah said he will continue to abide by the constitution in all its ramifications, and he will at all times supervise and deal with his ministers on the same basis.

He gave assurances at the meeting that in the balance of “eighteen months or so of my time left, whatever I can do to improve the life of Nigerians, I will do it for the country.”The president commended diaspora Nigerians in the Kingdom for representing the country well and projecting its good image.

He also used the opportunity to urge citizens at home to be fair to his administration at all times, asking the critics to compare the security situations in the North East and South-South in 2015 and how things have improved as of now.

  “My problem is the North West where people are killing and stealing from one another. I had to be very hard on them and I will continue to be very hard until we put them in line and bring back order,” he said.

President Buhari urged Nigerians living in the country to respect the laws, remain law-abiding and do nothing to derogate from the many years of friendly and mutually beneficial relationships between the two countries.

Dr. Abdulkadir Maikudi, a community leader who spoke on the group’s behalf, asked the President to help the privately-run Nigerian International School in the Kingdom by equipping it to provide science and technical education.

Yahaya Lawal, the Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and Ambassador Abdulkarim Mansur, the Consul-General in Jeddah, attested to the good behavior of the nearly 1.5 million Nigerians in the country.

“Nigerian professionals are doing well and projecting a positive image of our country,” they say.