Coalition of civil society groups gave a damning verdict on the military on Monday, saying the institution has failed Nigerians.

The Coalition spoke at a press conference on the postponement of the 2015 general election in Abuja.

The Coalition made up of about 18 CSOs, led by its Chairman, Ibrahim Zikirullahi, said the Nigerian military, which is supposed to be nationalistic and patriotic in outlook has allowed itself to be led by the nose to serve expressly narrow interests.

He said, “The military has failed the Nigerian people, it is a betrayal of trust for the military in connivance with the National Security Adviser (NSA), to have allowed itself to be used to suspend Nigeria’s electoral process.

“The grand conspiracies to arm twist INEC to shift the 2015 general election in order to satisfy a narrow political consideration is a clear indication of the abyss to which the military has descended.

“It is also not lost on us that the military is now being used to intimidate the electoral umpire and the Nigerian people,” he said.

Zikirullahi said the gang up against the Nigerian people amounts to a much more dangerous kind of mutiny.