Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Managed to get this fixed - the only solution is abandoning the locked/disabled account and re-registering the device with new/different apple id. This required resetting the device by making a request to have the activation lock removed with apple.

Understanding the Context

The request required the original receipt including the device serial number. Iphone keeps asking for password you must enter both your apple account and password My iPhone keeps asking for my account password at least 3 times a day! It prompts me to say “ apple account required: please sign in to your apple account in settings”.