President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked politicians interested in contesting the 2023 general elections to work hard, stressing that he would not allow his name to be used to perpetrate any electoral malpractices.

Mr Buhari handed down the warning while receiving top government officials on a courtesy call to commemorate his 77th birthday at his official residence inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to him, those who may be planning to use their offices or security agencies to subvert the will of the people have to have a rethink, saying that he would not allow them to have their way, Daily Nigerian reports.

“What I want to promise Nigerians is that I will work very hard on free and fair elections.

“All those that are going to succeed in the National Assembly and the Presidency have to work very hard because I will make sure, using the law enforcement agencies, that elections are free and fair.

“Nobody will use his office or resources to force himself on his constituencies,” he assured.