Marriage counsellor George Lutterodt has been released after being held by the Ghana Police Service for questioning over claims that he incited violence.

Reports that surfaced on March 9, 2026, indicated that the counsellor had been taken into custody after allegedly engaging in actions authorities believed could trigger unrest within the community.

Police said his conduct was considered capable of disrupting public order and peace.

After regaining his freedom, Counsellor Lutterodt shared a video explaining why he was seen in handcuffs during his detention.

“They told me they needed a picture, so they took a picture of me in handcuffs,” he said.

He also described his first stop after leaving the detention facility, expressing gratitude to God.

“When I left the detention centre, I came first to church, I walked to the altar to tell God thank you that my arrest was not anybody’s prayer point and I would not believe that whatever I went through was emanated by anybody,” Lutterodt stated.

His arrest followed controversial remarks he made publicly, in which he urged Ga youth to take pickaxes to a residence in East Legon and exhume the body of late highlife icon Daddy Lumba.

Police explained that the counsellor was picked up for allegedly encouraging violence and engaging in conduct likely to breach public peace, referencing provisions under the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491).

In the remarks that sparked the controversy, Lutterodt had advised the youth not to wait for the police but to take action themselves.