…“I’m pretty sure an elongation, or whatever they call it, doesn’t cause you to have a missing eyeball and a giant, gashing forehead”
By Uche Aghulor
The bizarre story surrounding the death of Nigerian-born British businessman and social media personality Igho Ubiribo, popularly known as Tiny, has taken another dramatic turn, with his son openly questioning the official account that his father died following a penis enlargement procedure in Thailand.
Junior Ubiribo has alleged that his 43-year-old father may have been killed, pointing to injuries he claims were found on the businessman’s body and insisting they cannot easily be explained by complications from a cosmetic procedure.
Ubiribo died in Bangkok on March 6. A British coroner subsequently concluded that he died from a pulmonary embolism caused by hyaluronic acid injected during a cosmetic procedure.
But Junior is challenging the narrative surrounding the death, saying his family was largely in the dark about what happened in Thailand and learnt much of what was being reported at roughly the same time as the public.
“We as a family lacked complete clarity of anything that happened because it happened in Thailand. So we got to find out about all of this the same time you did,” he said.
Then came the allegation that has added a new and decidedly darker dimension to an already unusual story.
“My dad was killed in March, and I say killed because although they’re trying to peddle this narrative that his penis needed to be bigger, that’s not what happened,” Junior alleged.
He questioned whether the reported cosmetic procedure could account for other injuries he claims his father sustained.
“I’m pretty sure an elongation, or whatever they call it, doesn’t cause you to have a missing eyeball and a giant, gashing forehead,” he said.
Junior’s claims, however, remain allegations. He did not provide medical records, photographs or other independently verifiable evidence establishing that his father sustained the injuries he described, and there has been no official finding that Ubiribo was murdered.
That leaves a sharp contrast between the son’s suspicions and the formal medical finding that the businessman died from a pulmonary embolism linked to hyaluronic acid administered during the procedure.
Junior also turned his attention to Danielle Simba Allen, the fashion designer and socialite described as his father’s wife, accusing her of failing to give the family sufficient information about what happened.
He questioned the legal status of the relationship, referring to Allen as his father’s “so-called wife” and alleging that members of the family were left without answers before Ubiribo was buried in May.
“His wife, I put that in air quotes because they’re not legally married, didn’t provide clarity on anything that happened and kind of just left us in the dark,” he alleged.
The son’s accusations did not end there.
Junior alleged that properties and luxury watches belonging to his father were taken to South Africa following his death, describing the assets as part of an inheritance he believes was taken from him.
“I had my inheritance stolen by his wife, which is crazy. Properties and watches just went to South Africa with the wind,” he claimed.
No evidence substantiating those allegations was presented in the account, and Allen’s response, if any, was not included in the report.
Beyond the intrigue surrounding the death, Junior spoke about the personal anguish of watching his father’s final days become fodder for jokes and speculation on social media.
He criticised people who mocked reports that Ubiribo died after undergoing a penis enlargement procedure, saying the online commentary had compounded the family’s grief.
Junior explained that even his own occasional laughter while discussing the tragedy should not be mistaken for amusement, describing it instead as a coping mechanism.
“If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry, and I’ve done enough crying since March. I’m tired of it. I’m done. I’m choosing to live my life,” he said.
He remembered his father as fearless and said the life he lived should not be overshadowed by the sensational circumstances now associated with his death.
“I miss my dad. He didn’t deserve what happened to him, and he doesn’t deserve what’s happening to him now, for his name to be defiled,” Junior said.
He ended with a simple farewell: “Rest in peace, Dad. I love and miss you so, so very much.”
For now, the extraordinary penis-enlargement story has acquired a far more serious question: whether the medical explanation settles what happened in Bangkok—or whether Junior’s allegations warrant further investigation.
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