On social media, Nigerian-born British businessman Igho ‘Tiny’ Ubiribo presented an image of enviable success.
His Instagram feed showed a glamorous fashion designer and influencer wife, designer clothes, expensive cars, luxury property and a seemingly endless round of high-end resorts. To his 186,000 followers, Ubiribo—known online as Ego2222—appeared to be living a life of extraordinary wealth and satisfaction.
Yet how happy, or financially secure, he truly was remains unclear to both his followers and relatives. An inquest into his death earlier this year revealed that Ubiribo became the first British man known to have died after undergoing penis-enlargement treatment overseas.
He died in Bangkok in March after suffering a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot that travelled to his lungs.
Westminster Coroner’s Court heard that the clot was linked to a ‘cosmetic injection’ administered to his penis. His cause of death was recorded as a ‘genital hyaluronic acid injection’.
Hyaluronic acid, a filler widely used in cosmetic treatments, was also detected in his lungs.
The inquest was told that Ubiribo, a flamboyant businessman and father of eight, had visited a Bangkok clinic while living in the Thai capital with his British-born ‘wife’, Danielle Simba Allen. He owned a £450,000 flat in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, and appeared to have interests in a chain of petrol stations in Nigeria. However, it remains unclear whether he and Allen were legally married—or why he chose to have the procedure.
Igho ‘Tiny’ Ubiribo, who died after having penis enlargement at a clinic in Bangkok, with his wife Daniella Simba Allen
The body naturally produces hyaluronic acid, which draws water into nearby tissue and creates a plumping effect. That property has made it popular in wrinkle treatments, as well as in intimate cosmetic procedures for men.
A few hours after the appointment, Ubiribo developed chest pain and collapsed while receiving a massage at the Marriott Hotel. He remained conscious during the ambulance journey to Samitivej Hospital in central Bangkok, but lost consciousness before doctors could complete a CT scan. He died in the early hours of March 6.
His death has drawn attention to the carefully manufactured image of perfection on Instagram—and to the potentially dangerous lengths some men go to in pursuit of the unrealistic appearance promoted online.
It has also left Ubiribo’s family demanding a clearer account of his final hours. Speaking exclusively to the Mail, relatives rejected the suggestion that he had any concerns about his penis. They said his nickname came from his small ears, not from anything else.
‘No one [in the family] believes that the procedure was the cause of his death. He didn’t have a micro penis, he didn’t have anything to be ashamed of,’ said his 21-year-old son, Junior.
Junior, an IT worker and one of Ubiribo’s eight children with different women, fought back tears as he said he remained unconvinced that the family had been given the complete story of what happened.
‘He’s had multiple partners, he wouldn’t need a penis enlargement. But what I do remember is that when he got with Danielle he would ask about cosmetic surgery, and also what was good to take to stay healthy.
‘It’s actually quite painful to read these reports about him having this surgery because he didn’t need it.’
In Thailand, meanwhile, the clinic where the injection was administered said Ubiribo had been a regular patient. According to the clinic, he had undergone five rounds of injections since 2024.
The first four treatments were carried out during 2024 and 2025. The fifth, and ultimately fatal, visit took place in March this year.
This week, Thailand’s health ministry, which has launched an investigation into Ubiribo’s death, told the Mail: ‘On the fifth occasion, March 5, 2026, the patient received a filler injection in the genital area totalling 40cc.
‘No one [in the family] believes that the procedure was the cause of his death. He didn’t have a micro penis, he didn’t have anything to be ashamed of,’ his 21-year-old son Junior said
‘The doctor recommended dividing the injection into two sessions, but the patient preferred a single injection.
‘During each visit, the clinic provided post-operative care instructions and followed up with the patient. The patient did not report any problems with the procedure. Furthermore, the patient signed a consent form before each treatment.’
Fathers, of course, don’t share everything with their sons – especially information as private as this. But Junior is also baffled about the wall of silence that has descended since his father’s death.
That there was more to Igho Ubiribo than meets the eye on Instagram is beyond doubt.
He’d been living under a cloud since 2023 when authorities in Nigeria declared that he was wanted for questioning along with Ms Allen and a second woman over allegations that he was running an international drug- trafficking ring.
But why, Junior asks, has Ms Allen apparently cut herself off from the family in the wake of the death?
‘He was a rich man,’ he said. ‘He had businesses and properties all over the world, but I and my siblings haven’t seen a penny.
‘Where is all the money? We’ve asked Danielle but she refuses to take our calls and has now blocked us. Why would you do that? The only one who has the answers is Danielle, but she’s proving impossible to contact.’
Junior went to view his dad’s body in the mortuary of a west London funeral home and was baffled by what he saw. He videoed the visit and insisted on showing it to us. It’s a short video, recorded on Junior’s Meta glasses – hi-tech spectacles that can capture footage. There is Ubiribo, lying covered by a white sheet with only his head showing.
It could be a man sleeping, but there is something odd about the sunken position of one eye and a distinctive line across the middle of his forehead.
‘Look at that mark,’ said Junior. ‘Where has that come from? He never had any lines on his forehead. The undertaker said it must have been caused by a hat.
‘Then the left eye socket – look how it’s sunk in and there is another mark to the side. It just doesn’t look right.’
To Junior, it all feels rather suspicious.
‘We wanted to have a second autopsy here in London, but apparently because my dad had been embalmed twice – we still don’t know why – we’ve been told the results will be useless.’
He didn’t even know his father’s inquest was being held until after it had happened and Ms Allen forwarded some documents.
‘The first we knew was when she sent some documents to my aunt,’ he said.
‘She said she had joined [the inquest] by Zoom… no one was there for the family.’
Ms Allen did indeed dial into the inquest in a video conference call, although her camera was switched off.
The 44-year-old is understood to be living in South Africa, where she flew following her husband’s extravagant funeral in London in May.
In footage from the funeral she can be seen in a figure-hugging black dress, standing next to Ubiribo’s grave at Mortlake Cemetery, west London.
Earlier, streets around Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church in Kensington, west London, ground to a halt as the cortege of cars arrived and Ubiribo’s gold coffin – reportedly worth £500,000 – was carried in.
Junior said: ‘My grandparents and my siblings had limited involvement with the funeral. It was controlled by Danielle, and any details we got didn’t come from her but the undertakers.
‘Because we had wanted questions answered she refused to engage with us, but surely we have a right as a family to know what happened.
‘He was my dad, after all.’ Junior goes so far as to question the legality of the couple’s marriage, explaining that they’d had a ‘so-called’ wedding in Zimbabwe in 2022 and, another earlier US one in Las Vegas that was annulled after a year.
Streets ground to a halt as the cortege of cars arrived and Ubiribo’s gold coffin – reportedly worth £500,000 – was carried in
Whatever their marital status, Ms Allen, who moved to Nigeria to open a franchise of The Body Shop before launching a fashion career, always appeared to be a doting wife on social media.
She has 132,000 followers of her own on Instagram, but hasn’t shared a public post since November 2025.
Ubiribo and Ms Allen’s Las Vegas wedding in July 2021 – seven months after they met in a Lagos nightclub – is there for all to see on her Instagram feed.
Bride and groom are shown in a tiny chapel, both wearing white, with Ms Allen apparently dripping in diamonds and clutching a tiny bouquet of white roses. Intriguingly, however, court files in Nevada unearthed by the Mail reveal the marriage was annulled after just a year in 2023 with the bizarre reason given that he ‘couldn’t stand her pets’.
Despite the annulment, the couple, who lived in the US for a while, still happily posted pictures of themselves together, even captioning them as ‘man and wife’ and ‘happily married’.
They went through a traditional Nigerian-themed ceremony in the bride’s family homeland of Zimbabwe six months later, where the lavish three-day celebration in Harare garnered newspaper headlines.
As to their more recent whereabouts, Junior says they had been living in Thailand in an apartment.
They had not been in Nigeria, where they once lived, for some time – not since Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency issued a national appeal in April 2023 to track the couple, declaring that Ubiribo, Ms Allen and another woman were ‘wanted’ in connection with the recruitment of teenage girls into drug trafficking.
They were suspected of serving as the ‘arrowheads’ of an international drugs syndicate operating from Los Angeles.
‘The first I heard of that was when Dad and Danielle were in London,’ said Junior.
‘It was my 18th birthday and we were supposed to be going out, but then this broke on the internet and it was all cancelled.
‘I know that after that, they never went back to Nigeria.’
He readily admitted that he and Ms Allen did not get on, adding: ‘In the last few months of his life, Dad and I fell out over his relationship with Danielle.
‘She was jealous that he was still in touch with previous partners and the mothers of his children.
‘Everyone said that in the last few weeks he had really changed and they all said it was down to Danielle, who can be very controlling, especially when it came to finances.
‘I remember that when my siblings and I were with Dad, she would always be on the phone asking where we were.’
Whatever Junior says, there is no doubt that on their Instagram accounts, right up until November 2025 when they suddenly stop posting updates, the couple’s posts are wildly affectionate.
‘You continue to take my breath away with our spontaneous adventures. My love, my world, I’m forever thankful for you, for us,’ wrote Ms Allen in July 2025.
‘Every day with you is a gift, and every moment feels like magic. I thank God for you always, my heart, my home, my forever,’ typed Ubiribo, the same month.
It makes the absence of updates for the last seven months of Igho’s life seem all the more strange.
What is stranger for Junior is what has happened since.
‘Before Danielle cut us off she refused to return any of my dad’s belongings. I wanted a T-shirt or something to keep which had his smell on it, but she refused, and we asked for his phone as well, but she said we couldn’t have it.
‘There are watches and jewellery, but we’ve not seen anything.
‘She said that she is the next of kin and we can’t have anything, and there is no will. But my dad was always stressing the importance of making a will. We just don’t believe it.
‘When we started asking questions, she just suddenly got defensive. In the end before we stopped talking, she said I had to come to South Africa if I wanted his stuff.
‘That to me sounded like a threat. South Africa is a dangerous place and I can’t go there.
‘I even offered to go to Bangkok after Dad died to help clear out the apartment – they lived in a high-rise – but she said no. We haven’t spoken since he died really. I saw her at Dad’s funeral, but we didn’t speak. Dad was worth millions, he had a lot of assets. Where has it all gone?’
The Mail tried to contact Ms Allen by various means, but was unable to reach her. It is not known why she broke off contact.
While there is no evidence of any foul play regarding the circumstances surrounding Ubiribo’s death, Junior said his family had reported their concerns to the Metropolitan Police, but the force was unable to help.
The family has also contacted lawyers in the hope that they may be able to instigate a wider investigation.
Sitting in a south London café, Junior said: ‘Dad said that he was working for his children, he wanted them to be taken care of and be looked after, but we’ve seen nothing, and we can’t get any answers.
‘He wasn’t a perfect dad, but he did care for us. I know his communication was poor, but he didn’t have a good upbringing himself.
‘He loved us a lot, he just wasn’t always there. But we all miss him.
‘We just want answers and our share of the rightful inheritance.
‘My dad wasn’t just someone who died with a small penis, which he didn’t have in the first place.
‘The whole thing is really mean because he can’t speak out, which is why I’m doing it now.’
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