Certainly, sports are activities that help individuals to achieve required fitness, stamina and strength in societies. Over the years, there has been increasing commitment by scholars of peace and security studies to explore the role of sports in conflict resolution, mitigation and peacebuilding process in communities affected by protracted hostilities. Different mechanisms have been developed by individuals and organizations to put sports at the centre stage of reconciliation process in conflict zones. Therefore, it can be argued that sports for reconciliation of conflict is an endeavor to make use of the instrument of sports to promote social inclusion and creating bridges between groups that are in confrontation with one another. In addition, it can be stated that sports can play important role through the promotion of friendship, tolerance, normalization of life and building resilience in individuals in communities affected by conflict. This study adopted the use of qualitative approach in both collection and analysis of data. It is on this basis that the data collected were subjected to textual analysis. Certainly, sports have the power to attract large gathering of people as well as serve as agent of development of positive attitudes among individuals in communities. It against this backdrop that this paper seeks to interrogate the strategies of local sports for conflict resolution, mitigation and peacebuilding process in eastern Sokoto State.