HOMELAND Security Minister Roger Alexander says he is not convinced a message delivered by a cutlass-wielding bicyclist at the home of Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo on Saturday, was an actual threat. Instead, he believes this was a plea for help.

"I didn't view it as a threat eh, from my experience, right? I speak from experience on many occasions. I thought someone came and had concerns just like any other citizen and he expressed his concern," Alexander told Newsday on Monday May 26.

Alexander was a career policeman who rose to the rank of senior superintendent before resigning to join the UNC and be its candidate for Tunapuna in the April 28 general election. After the UNC won the election and Alexander, the Tunapuna seat, he was appointed minister of homeland security by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.