A police spokesperson said the senior Obi’s captors did not hurt him after seizing him at gunpoint last Thursday evening
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 26 January 2008
			
		
		Côte d’Ivoire became the first side to qualify for the African Nations Cup quarterfinals on Friday but fellow heavyweights Nigeria’s hopes were left hanging by a thread. The Elephants from Côte d’Ivoire brushed aside Benin 4-1, with Didier Drogba getting his first goal of this year’s tournament, to go top of Group B and assured of a place in the last eight.