The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) has issued an official, heartfelt memorial statement honoring the life of 24-year-old Akeyjah Nibbs, a dedicated assistant storekeeper in the organization’s Stores Department who lost his life in a fatal shooting incident in the Ottos neighborhood on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Nibbs first joined the public utility body on August 25, 2025, and over his little more than 15 months of service, he quickly established himself as a cherished, core member of the tight-knit APUA workplace community, with peers and supervisors alike praising his contributions to daily operations. APUA leadership characterized the young employee’s passing as deeply untimely, cutting short a promising career that had already made a tangible positive mark on the department. The minister overseeing the portfolios of information, communication technology, public utilities and energy joined APUA’s entire management team and frontline staff in extending deepest, sincere condolences to Nibbs’ grieving immediate family, close coworkers and circle of personal friends. Beyond the official utility authority’s tributes, the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus Guild of Students has also released a separate public statement honoring Nibbs’ memory, marking the widespread ripple of grief across multiple local communities. APUA closed its formal memorial notice with a prayerful, solemn wish that the young man’s soul may rest in eternal peace, accompanied by an official commemorative photograph of the tribute shared to the public via the authority’s communication channels.