Gunmen killed three cops and three traders while President Muhammadu Buhari was on a working visit to the state to attend a military event.
The policemen were at Akirun of Ikirun’s palace to protect those renovating it, when armed hoodlums shot at the police officers.
Mr Joseph, who was paraded before reporters by the Ondo police command, said he regretted committing the crime against his wife and the children.
Also burnt by the fire, their mother remains in shock and is yet to recover from the trauma.
The kidnappers abandoned their victims and escaped into a nearby forest, following a confrontation from security operatives.
The suspects were said to have confessed to belonging to the Eiye confraternity and were invited by the traditional ruler’s son.
The armed hoodlums were repelled while attempting to cart away already-installed armored cables in the refinery.
Of those killed, two were attackers, one was an NDLEA officer and the fourth a patient at the NDLEA facility.
The pastor shot at a female who had taken refuge in his church during a night vigil service.
The child was locked up for months in a filthy abandoned apartment close to a toilet at the back of her guardian’s house.
