HT201441 what if the previous owner is not available how am i going to use the phone?

i have iphone4 which i bought from a friend but there is no way i can contact him i have reset the phone but its asking his
icloud account to do the reset how can i remove his account

No.  You won't be able to activate and use it without the help of the previous owner and no one, including Apple, can help.

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