By Sarah Dean and Emily Crane and Barbara Jones In Abuja, Nigeria An Australian man has revealed how he is desperately trying to free the 250 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, who were taken on April 14 by Boko Haram terrorists. Dr Stephen Davis left his home in Perth to travel to the African country after being recruited by the country's president for his hostage negotiation expertise. The girls were taken in a raid on their school in Chibok, in Nigeria’s north-east, by the violent group who want to impose Sharia law on the country. Dr Davis, a friend of The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has been working secretly in Nigeria for almost a month now.
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Dr Stephen Davis, from Perth, is in talks with terror group Boko Haram
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The group wants to impose Sharia law across Nigeria
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Experts fear they may have taken 250 stolen girls out of the country
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Dr Davis has been working secretly in Nigeria for almost a month
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Told MailOnline he is 'encouraged by the progress' he has seen
'The vast majority of the @placeholder girls are not being held in Nigeria,’ Dr Davis said.