I formatted my ipad with ios 7 and now its asking me for the previous owner's apple id. what do i do??

I formatted a previously owned apple ipad with the ios 7 in it. Now when i was setting it up again, its showing me the previous owner's apple id and asking for the password. I dont know the previous owner's password so i cannot set it up. What do i do? I need my ipad back...

Sorry alisha, but you have encountered an Activation Lock, and the only way you can get around it is to have the Previous Owner do the following:
Removing Previous Owner from Device
Sorry,
GB

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