Geremi could be away for more a month if four-times winners Cameroon - who won their group to qualify - reach the final in Ghana's capital Accra on February 10.
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Also set for duty in the tournament are Senegal duo Habib Beye and Abdoulaye Faye, and Nigeria's Obafemi Martins.
Plus Matty Pattison (South Africa) and Celestine Babayaro (Nigeria).