Junior, son of the late Nigerian-British businessman and social media influencer, Igho Ubiribo, has claimed that his family still lacks clear information about his father’s death in Thailand.

Junior raised the concerns in a viral video on Wednesday while rejecting reports that his father died following a penis enlargement procedure.

He alleged that the family was kept in the dark after Ubiribo’s death in March and only learnt about some of the claims when they appeared online.

“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.

Ubiribo, popularly known as Tiny, Denisi and Ego, died in Bangkok on March 6. He was 43.

A British coroner ruled that he died from a pulmonary embolism caused by hyaluronic acid injected during a cosmetic penis enlargement procedure.

However, Junior disputed the official account and alleged that his father was killed.

“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,” he claimed.

Junior questioned how the cosmetic procedure could explain injuries he said were found on his father’s body.
“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 added.

He did not provide medical records, photographs or other evidence to support the allegations.

There has also been no official confirmation that Ubiribo suffered the injuries described by his son.

Son accuses wife of withholding details

Junior accused Ubiribo’s wife, fashion designer and socialite Danielle Simba Allen, of failing to give the family a clear account of what happened in Thailand.

He also questioned the legality of their marriage, referring to Allen as his father’s “so-called wife.”
According to Junior, the family did not receive enough information from her before Ubiribo’s burial 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 said.

Allen has not publicly responded to the allegations.

Junior also claimed that his father’s properties, watches and other possessions were taken to South Africa after his death.

He alleged that his inheritance was stolen but provided no documentary evidence to support the claim.

“I had my inheritance stolen by his wife, which is crazy. Properties and watches just went to South Africa with the wind,” he said.

‘He did not deserve this’

Beyond his demand for answers, Junior spoke about the emotional toll of losing his father and watching strangers discuss his death online.

He criticised social media users who turned the penis enlargement claim into jokes.

Junior explained that he smiled during parts of the video because he had already spent months grieving.

“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 described his father as fearless and expressed pain over what he considered an attempt to reduce his life to an embarrassing storyline.

“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 the video with a tribute: “Rest in peace, Dad. I love and miss you so, so very much.”

Coroner’s findings

Evidence presented at a London coroner’s inquest showed that Ubiribo received injections containing 40 millilitres of hyaluronic acid and lidocaine at a clinic in Bangkok.

After the procedure, he and Allen went for a massage at their Marriott hotel.

During the massage, Ubiribo complained of chest pain and lost consciousness twice.

An ambulance took him to Sukhumvit Hospital, where he was initially able to answer questions.

Doctors suspected a pulmonary embolism and recommended a CT scan. However, he lost consciousness before the scan could be conducted.

Medical workers moved him to an intensive care unit and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for more than 100 minutes, but he could not be revived.

A postmortem examination conducted in the United Kingdom found material in his lungs consistent with the hyaluronic acid used during the procedure.

Pathologist John du Parcq told the inquest that the finding matched the result of an autopsy conducted in Thailand.

Coroner Jean Harkin subsequently ruled that Ubiribo died from a pulmonary embolism caused by the cosmetic procedure.

The coroner’s ruling remains the official medical account of Ubiribo’s death.